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010			_a 2006039041
020			_a9780802830531 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a0802830536 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm76864131
035			_a(OCoLC)76864131
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050	0	0	_aBS2625.6.D56 _bF56 2007
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100	1		_aFinger, Reta Halteman, _d1940-
245	1	0	_aOf widows and meals : _h[manuscript] : _bcommunal meals in the book of Acts / _cReta Halteman Finger.
260			_aGrand Rapids, Mich. : _bWilliam B. Eerdmans Pub., _cc2007.
300			_ax, 326 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and indexes.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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?
630	0	0	_aBible. _pActs _xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650		0	_aDinners and dining in the Bible.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006039041.html
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