Decisive meals: table politics in Biblical literature
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 o...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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T & T Clark
2012
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series/Journal: | The Library of New Testament studies 449
The Library of New Testament Studies v.449 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Dinners and dining in the Bible
B Food Religious aspects B Dinners and dining Religious aspects B Food ; Religious aspects B Dinners and dining ; Religious aspects B Electronic books |
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| 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 post-exilic 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 are similar effects - where are the differences? This sheds light on power dynamics between rich and poor, well fed and hungry, but also between men and women. These questions will clarify how detailed exegesis is influenced by hermeneutical patterns and ideas about food, boundaries and power dynamics. Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. 'The Eyes of All Look to You': The Generosity of the Divine King -- 2. Everyday Meals for Extraordinary People: Eating and Assimilation in the Book of Ruth -- 3. Eating and Living: The Banquets in the Esther Narratives -- 4. You Are How You Eat: How Eating and Drinking Behaviour Identifies the Wise According to Jesus Ben Sirach -- 5. 'And All Ate and Were Filled' (Mark 6.42 par.): The Feeding Narratives in the Context of Hellenistic-Roman Banquet Culture -- 6. The Various Tastes of Johannine Bread and Blood: A Multi-Perspective Reading of John 6 -- 7. What Happened in Caesarea? Symphagein as Bonding Experience (Acts 10-11.18) -- 8. To Eat or Not to Eat - Is this the Question? Table Disputes in Corinth -- 9. The Power of an Invitation: Early Christian Meals in their Cultural Context -- 10. Meals as Acts of Resistance and Experimentation: The Case of the Revelation to John -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Authors -- Index of Modern Authors. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries |
| ISBN: | 056745276X |