Corley, Kathleen E.,  1960- <br/><br/>
Maranatha :  women's funerary rituals and Christian origins / 
Kathleen E. Corley ; foreword by John Dominic Crossan. 
 - Minneapolis :  Fortress Press,  c2010. 
 - xvi, 262 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-248) and index. 
<br/><br/>Women and early Christian meals and associations -- Women's funerary rituals, meals, and lament in antiquity -- Celebratory meals of the kingdom of God and meals of Jesus' presence : from Jesus to Q, the Didache, and the Eucharist -- The Eucharist and meals for the dead -- The Passion story as a lament story for the dead. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780800662363 (hpb) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009043285 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women in Christianity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Funeral rites and ceremonies, Early Christian.<br/>Dinners and dining--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.<br/>Lord's Supper--History--Early church, ca., 30-600.<br/>Christianity--Origin.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR195.W6  / C665 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>270.1082 Cor 2010