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Of widows and meals : communal meals in the book of Acts / Reta Halteman Finger. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Pub., [(c)2007.Description: x, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802830531
  • 0802830536
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS2625.6.O395 2007
  • BS2625.6.D56.O395 2007
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Contents:
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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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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