Of widows and meals : [manuscript] : communal meals in the book of Acts /
Finger, Reta Halteman, 1940-
Of widows and meals : communal meals in the book of Acts / [manuscript] : Reta Halteman Finger. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., c2007. - x, 326 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and indexes.
Introduction -- Stating the question : a middle-class bias against communal sharing? -- Economic sharing in Acts? a history of (mis)interpretation -- Naming the meal : agape, Eucharist, bread-breaking -- Meals on wheels for the widows? common meals versus poor relief -- From the top down : socio-economic structures of an agrarian society -- Jerusalem : productive city on a hill -- How the non-elite survived : social relations and community values -- Copycats? Essene communal life as model -- Never eat alone! food and meals as cultural symbols -- "A glutton and a drunkard" : Jesus and table fellowship -- "Upstairs, downstairs" : widows and other women in dining room and kitchen -- The intentional community : an exegesis of Acts 2:41-47 -- The widows' complaint : an exegesis of Acts 5:42-6:1-6 -- Daily commensality : a necessity then, impractical today?
9780802830531 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802830536 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006039041
Bible.--Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Dinners and dining in the Bible.
BS2625.6.D56 / F56 2007
226.6/067
Of widows and meals : communal meals in the book of Acts / [manuscript] : Reta Halteman Finger. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., c2007. - x, 326 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and indexes.
Introduction -- Stating the question : a middle-class bias against communal sharing? -- Economic sharing in Acts? a history of (mis)interpretation -- Naming the meal : agape, Eucharist, bread-breaking -- Meals on wheels for the widows? common meals versus poor relief -- From the top down : socio-economic structures of an agrarian society -- Jerusalem : productive city on a hill -- How the non-elite survived : social relations and community values -- Copycats? Essene communal life as model -- Never eat alone! food and meals as cultural symbols -- "A glutton and a drunkard" : Jesus and table fellowship -- "Upstairs, downstairs" : widows and other women in dining room and kitchen -- The intentional community : an exegesis of Acts 2:41-47 -- The widows' complaint : an exegesis of Acts 5:42-6:1-6 -- Daily commensality : a necessity then, impractical today?
9780802830531 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802830536 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006039041
Bible.--Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Dinners and dining in the Bible.
BS2625.6.D56 / F56 2007
226.6/067