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A Table in the Wilderness

The Rhetorical Function of Food Language in Psalm 78

Michelle A Stinson J Clinton McCann, Jr

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English
Pickwick Publications
17 April 2026
""Can God set a table in the wilderness?"" (Ps 78:19)
In A Table in the Wilderness, Michelle Stinson considers the rhetorical power of the language of food in the hands of the biblical writers. Through a careful analysis of two key food-based events recalled in Psalm 78--the divine provision of food in the wilderness (vv. 15-31) and the dismantling of food supplies through the Egyptian plagues (vv. 44-51)--Stinson shows how the psalmist's rhetorical crafting of these accounts seeks to instill confident trust (v. 7) in the possibility of YHWH's renewed intervention in the present. By considering the psalmist's employment of food language across the historical recital, as well as comparing the psalm's use to other associated collections (historical and Asaph psalms), A Table in the Wilderness offers a compelling argument for the rhetorical power of the language of food, a force rooted in food's multidimensionality, literary flexibility, and the ready accessibility of this quotidian feature of human life.
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Imprint:   Pickwick Publications
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   340g
ISBN:   9798385262281
Pages:   250
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Michelle A. Stinson is a Visiting Scholar in Old Testament at Denver Seminary. She serves as co-chair of the SBL Meals in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Its World unit and is an Associate Fellow of the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology (Cambridge, UK). Her current research considers topics related to food, agriculture/land care, hope, and the Psalms.

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