Liturgy, meal, and society -- Ordering food in Graeco-Roman antiquity -- Food and drink in early Christian ritual meals -- Bread and water in early Asian and Syrian Christianity -- Bread and water in radical pseudepigrapha -- Orthodox use of bread and water -- Bread and water and the New Testament -- To gather the fragments
Summary
The early Eucharist has been seen as sacramental eating of token bread and wine in imitation of Jesus. This text suggests diversity in its conduct, including the early use of foods
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-293) and indexes
