Decisive meals table politics in biblical literature / edited by Nathan MacDonald, Luzia Sutter Rehmann, and Kathy Ehrensperger.
| Other author | MacDonald, Nathan, 1975- |
| Other author | Sutter Rehmann, Luzia. |
| Other author | Ehrensperger, Kathy, 1956- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : T&T Clark, |
| Description | xvii, 182 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Library of New Testament studies ; 449 T & T Clark library of biblical studies |
| Contents | 'The eyes of all look to you' : the generosity of the divine king / Nathan MacDonald -- Everyday meals for extraordinary people : eating and assimilation in the book of Ruth / Peter Altmann -- Eating and living : the banquets in the Esther narratives / Susanne Plietzsch -- You are how you eat : how eating and drinking behaviour identifies the wise according to Jesus Ben Sirach / Ursula Rapp -- 'And all ate and were filled' (Mark 6.42 par.) : the feeding narratives in the context of Hellenistic-Roman banquet culture / Angela Standhartinger -- The various tastes of Johannine bread and blood : a multi-perspective reading of John 6 / Esther Kobel -- What happened in Caesarea? : symphagein as bonding experience (Acts 10-11.18) / Luzia Sutter Rehmann -- To eat or not to eat-is this the question? : table disputes in Corinth / Kathy Ehrensperger -- The power of an invitation : early Christian meals in their cultural context / Soham Al-Suadi -- Meals as acts of resistance and experimentation : the case of the Revelation to John / Hal Taussig. |
| General note | "Essays ... were originally presented at the biblical studies symposium 'Decisive meals - Was sich beim Essen entscheidet' held at ... the University of Basel ... in Switzerland on the 18-19 February 2011"--Introduction p. [ix]. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-176) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011278699 |
| ISBN | 9780567526014 |
| ISBN | 0567526011 |