Finger, Reta Halteman,  1940-, <br/><br/>
Of widows and meals :  communal meals in the book of Acts /  [print] 
Reta Halteman Finger. 
 - Grand Rapids, Michigan :  William B. Eerdmans Pub.,  (c)2007. 
 - x, 326 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
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<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? 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780802830531 
<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 BS2625.F497.O395 2007