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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:45, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Raisin cake[edit]

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Raisin cake

~~... that raisin cake was consumed by David?~~ Source: [1]

Reviewed: ReCore 2

Created by Northamerica1000 (talk). Self-nominated at 13:21, 18 December 2016 (UTC).

New enough. Long enough. QPQ done. Article is well-sourced & has no policy issues. No Copyvio problems. Hook is very interesting & cited. Image appears properly licensed. I think everything here is G2G! DaltonCastle (talk) 02:22, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

The source doesn't say David ate the cake, just that he distributed it. Yoninah (talk) 13:24, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that David distributed raisin cake? Sources: [2], [3]

Thanks for the new hook and source. However, I really question the veracity of these two sources. Bowman is connecting the asisah (Hebrew: אשישה, "sweet cake") of II Samuel 6:19 with the asisah anavim (Hebrew: אשישה ענבים, "raisin cake") of Hosea 3:1, which is not at all verified. Classical Jewish sources don't even translate asisah as "cake", but rather as "barrel of wine" — see verse 6:19 here with Rashi's commentary. Unless you can find more authoritative sources, I would strike this paragraph from the article and write a different hook. Yoninah (talk) 16:51, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Below are more sources stating that David distributed raisin cake. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:25, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

References

An Old Testament Commentary for English Readers: Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company. 1883. Quote: "A flagon of wine."—Rather, a raisin-cake—i.e., a mass of dried grapes (Hosea iii. 1); Isa. xvi 7, "raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth".
The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel. W. W. Norton & Company.
King David: The Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel. Random House Publishing Group.
The King. Charisma Media.
The International Confectioner, Volume 30
Judah's Shepherd King: The Incredible Story of David. Tate Publishing.
Chronicles and Its Synoptic Parallels in Samuel, Kings, and Related Biblical Texts. Liturgical Press.
Cooking with the Bible. Greenwood Publishing Group.
The Jewish Study Bible. Oxford University Press.

OK. Perhaps you could replace the cookbook sources with some of the more authoritative sources quoted above? Yoninah (talk) 17:32, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Done. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:46, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. ALT1 is verified and cited inline. Rest of review per DaltonCastle. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 17:55, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, got to this late. Sorry I couldn't be of more service. Thank you Yoninah for your expert eyes. Glad it all worked out. DaltonCastle (talk) 20:12, 19 December 2016 (UTC)