An edition of In the beginning was the meal: social experimentation and early Christian identity (2009)

In the beginning was the meal

social experimentation and early Christian identity

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An edition of In the beginning was the meal: social experimentation and early Christian identity (2009)

In the beginning was the meal

social experimentation and early Christian identity

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What were the origins of the Eucharist? Taussig, a founding member of the SBL Seminar on Meals in the Greco-Roman World, brings a wealth of scholarship to bear on the question of Christian origins. He shows that in the Augustan age, common meals became the sites of dramatic experimentation and innovation regarding social roles and relationships, challenging expectations regarding gender, class, and status. Rich comparative material and rigorous ritual analysis reveal that it was in just such a swirl of experimentation that the early Christian assemblies, with their "love feasts" and "supper of the Lord," were born. This cutting-edge monograph sheds new light on the social context of early Christian gatherings, illuminating the origins of the Eucharist and of Christianity itself. Taussig draws important implications for the practice of Christian community today.

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Fortress Press
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English
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262

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Social aspects, Fasts and feasts, Social aspects of Dinners and dining, Christianity, Lord's Supper, Dinners and dining, Church history, Religious aspects of Dinners and dining, History, Primitive and early church, Kristendomen, Måltider, Mat- och dryckesseder, Religiösa aspekter, Sociala aspekter, Mat och dryck, Lord's supper, history, Church history, primitive and early church, ca. 30-600, Rituals, Religious aspects

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Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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Table of Contents

Experiencing the meal
New paradigms for the study of early Christian identities
The hellenistic and early Christian social practice of festive meals
Ritual analysis : a new method for the study of early Christian meals
The expansive character of early Christian meals
Meals of resistance to Roman imperial power
Meals and early Christian social experimentation
Identity performance as a new paradigm for the study of Christian.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Minneapolis

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
270.1
Library of Congress
BV43 .T38 2009, BV43.T38 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
262

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22671367M
Internet Archive
inbeginningwasme0000taus
ISBN 13
9780800663438
LCCN
2008043285
OCLC/WorldCat
233543752
LibraryThing
8924115
Goodreads
7190788

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OL8748313W

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