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1 online resource |
| Series |
Library of New Testament studies ; 449 |
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Library of New Testament studies ; 449.
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| Contents |
Part I: Introduction -- Kathy Ehrensperger, Nathan MacDonald, Luzia Sutter RehmannPart II: Decisive Boundaries1. Food and Identity in the Post-Exilic Period -- Nathan MacDonald2. Decisive Dinners in Esther: a Paradigm for the Jewish People in Masoretic, Greek, and Rabbinic Tradition -- Susanne Plietzsch3. To Eat or Not To Eat -- Is this the Question ? Table Disputes in Corinth -- Kathy Ehrensperger 4. Allies or Enemies? What happened in Caesarea? (Acts 10-11) -- Luzia Sutter RehmannPart III: Learning at the Table5. Feasting in Deuteronomy -- Peter Altmann6. Is John a Chameleon ? A Pluralistic Reading of John 6 -- Esther KobelPart IV: The Dynamics of Power at Meals7. Meals as Acts of Resistance and Experimentation, Hal Taussig8. Gender and Power Dynamics at the Table -- Ursula Rapp9. And they all ate and were satisfied': The Feeding Naratives in the Context of Roman and Hellenistic Festival Traditions, Angela Standhartinger10. The Identity Transforming Dimension of Invitations -- Soham Al SuadiPart V: Conclusion -- Ekkehard W. Stegemann |
| Summary |
Decisive Meals discusses various aspects of meal traditions and their relevance in terms of boundaries between different groups in the context of first century Judaism and the early Christ-movement. The contributors discuss different communities at different times and places under the same focus of common meals: The postexilic community in Judaea, the Pauline communities in Asia Minor, as well as in the Roman dominated city of Caesarea and the Hellenistic Jewish community and the emerging rabbinical community each time a community is affected through the sharing of meals, but how exactly? What |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013617
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Bible fast |
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Dinners and dining in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- Quotations.
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Dinners and dining in the Bible
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
MacDonald, Nathan, 1975-
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Sutter Rehmann, Luzia.
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Ehrensperger, Kathy, 1956-
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| ISBN |
9780567452764 |
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056745276X |
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0567526011 |
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9780567526014 |
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