Finger, Reta Halteman,  1940- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780802830531 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802830536 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006039041 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dinners and dining in the Bible.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS2625.6.D56  / F56 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>226.6/067