Format:
1 Online-Ressource (v, 404 pages)
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1 Porträt
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780567666420
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9780567666413
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9780567669322
Series Statement:
T&T Clark Handbooks
Content:
Contents Introduction to T&T Clark Handbook to Early Christian Meals in the Greco-Roman World, Peter-Ben Smit and Soham Al-Suadi Part One Authors & Collections 1 Meals in the Works of Philo of Alexandria, Maria Sokolskaya 2 Dining with Dignity: Josephus's Rhetorical Use of the Essene Common Meals, William den Hollander 3 Plutarch's Septem sapientium convivium: An Example of Greco-Roman Sympotic Literature, Matthias Becker 4 Meals at Qumran: Literary Fiction, Liturgical Anticipation, or Performed Ritual?, Claudia D. Bergmann 5 Hermetic Texts in Nag Hammadi Codex VI, Jan Heilmann 6 Meals in the Apostolic Fathers, Andrew McGowan 7 "Prepare Yourself." Spatial Rhetoric in Rabbinic and Synoptic Meal Parables, Eric Ottenheijm Part Two Gospel Tradition 8 The Gospel of Mark - The Commitment of the "Unleavened" to the Kingdom of God Agenda of Jesus, Martin Ebner 9 Meals in the Gospel of Luke, Matthias Klinghardt 10 The Primary Role of Meals in Matthew's Construction of Diasporic Identity, Hal E. Taussig 11 "Let Anyone Who is Thirsty Come to Me, and Let the One Who Believes in Me Drink": The Johannine Jesus as the True Provider of Earthly and Heavenly Nourishment, Esther Kobel -- 12 Interpretations of the Eucharist in the Gospel of Philip, Silke Petersen -- Part Three Acts 13 Meals as a Literary Motif in Acts of the Apostles, Dennis E. Smith 14 The Contribution of Meal Scenes to the Narrative Theology of Acts of Paul, Annette Merz 15 Eucharists and other Meals in the Apocryphal Acts of John and Acts of Andrew, Jan N. Bremmer 16 Meals in Joseph and Aseneth, Angela Standhartinger Part Four Epistolary Literature 17 "The Meal in 1 Corinthians 11", Soham Al-Suadi 18 Meals in the Letter to the Romans - The Debate about the Food on the Table, Kathy Ehrensperger -- 19 Pseudepigraphic Letters of Paul, Soham Al-Suadi -- 20 Meals in the Johannine Letters, Jan Heilmann -- 21 Meals in the Further Epistolary Literature of the New Testament, Hans Joachim Stein -- 22 Useless Foods: Communal Meals in Hebrews, Gabriella Gelardini.
Content:
Meals are a highly significant element in the development of Christian identity. In this handbook Soham Al-Suadi and Peter-Ben Smit present chapters that situate early Christian meals in their broader context, with a focus on the core topics that will help us to understand Greco-Roman meal practice and how this relates to Christian origins. The issues covered include: the role of gender during meals; issues of monotheism and polytheism that arise from the structure of the meal; how sacrifice is understood in different meal practices; power dynamics during the meal and issues of inclusion and exclusion at meals. In addition to looking at the broader Hellenistic context the chapters explain the unique nature of Christian meals, and what this says about early Christian communities. The handbook is structured around the key primary resources, with the literary, historical, theological and philosophical aspects of these resources being considered in turn. The handbook begins with Hellenistic documents/authors before moving on to the New Testament material itself according to genre (Gospels, Acts, Letters, Apocalyptic Literature). Finally, there is a section on the wider resources that describe daily life in the period (medical documents, inscriptions). This structure enables the editors and contributors to present an analysis of the social values exhibited at meals and their significance for early Christian theology
Content:
Part Five Apocalyptic Literature 23 Food in Fourth Ezra, Peter-Ben Smit -- 24 Meals and Banqueting Culture in the Apocalypse of John, Markus „A–hler -- Part Six Texts of Daily Life 25 Meals and Magic: Eating for Revelation in the Eighth Book of Moses (PGM XIII/ Leiden I 395), Monika Amsler -- 26 Meals in Ancient Medicinal Texts, John Wilkins -- 27 Material Meals: Space, Inscription and Image as the Texts of Daily Life, Lillian I. Larsen and Jesper Blid -- Name Index -- Ancient Sources.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780567666406
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe T & T Clark handbook to early Christian meals in the Greco-Roman world Edinburgh : T & T Clark Ltd. 2018 ISBN 9780567666406
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe T&T Clark handbook to early Christian meals in the Greco-Roman world London : T&T Clark, 2019 ISBN 9780567666406
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Frühchristentum
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Mahlzeit
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Ess- und Trinksitte
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Zeithintergrund
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9780567666420
Author information:
Smit, Peter-Ben 1979-
Author information:
Al-Suadi, Soham 1980-
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