Drunkenness in the Bible, featuring Dr. Rebekah Welton [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #162]

Introduction
Ever wondered about what the Bible has to say about drunkenness? That’s exactly what host Rabbi Drew chats about with guest Dr. Rebekah Welton on the 162nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show.

Brief Biography of the Guest
Dr. Rebekah Welton is a lecturer in Hebrew Bible at the University of Exeter in the UK. Her monograph, He is a Glutton and a Drunkard: Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible (Brill, 2020), focuses on the use of food and drink in ancient Israelite religion and is a revision of her doctoral thesis. She has also published on the wine-making metaphor in Isaiah 49:26a and 63:6 in the Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies. Rebekah teaches a class on God, Food and Alcohol in Israelite Cultures for undergraduate students and continues to enjoy teaching and researching on food and alcohol in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel. She previously appeared on the 149th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show on the rebellious son.

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Episode
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Time Stamps
Here are the time stamps for this episode:
0:00 Welcome
0:15 Introduction to guest & topic
5:58 Drunkenness in Genesis 9 & 19
17:36 Drunkenness in Genesis 43
20:32 Drunkenness in Deuteronomy
22:38 Drunkenness in Shmuel
27:04 Sneak peak at the next episode of The Jewish Drinking Show
27:56 Drunkenness in Jeremiah
33:15 Drunkenness in Isaiah
39:32 Drunkenness in other prophetic works
42:47 Drunkenness in the writings
47:47 Concluding
48:57 Dr. Welton shares about her recent chapter on “Wine, Beer, and Drunkenness in the Hebrew Bible, Ancient Israel, and Biblical Scholarship” in Holy Waters: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Religion and Alcohol
50:09 Thank you & l’chaim

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