Meals in the Early Christian World [electronic resource] : Social Formation, Experimentation, and Conflict at the Table /
Smith, Dennis E.author.
Taussig, H.editor.
This book provides three categories of investigation: 1) The Typology and Context of the Greco-Roman Banquet, 2) Who Was at the Greco-Roman Banquets, and 3) The Culture of Reclining. Together these studies establish festive meals as an essential lens into social formation in the Greco-Roman world.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I The Typology of the Greco-Roman Banquet; Chapter 1 A Typology of the Communal Meal; Chapter 2 The Greco-Roman Banquet as a Social Institution; Part II The Archeology of the Banquet; Chapter 3 What Kinds of Meals Did Julia Felix Have? A Case Study of the Archeology of the Banquet; Part III Who Was at the Greco-Roman Banquets?; Chapter 4 Social and Political Characteristics of Greco-Roman Association Meals; Chapter 5 Banqueting Values in the Associations: Rhetoric and Reality
Chapter 6 Women in Early Christian Meal Gatherings Discourse and RealityChapter 7 Remembering and Remembered Women in Greco-Roman Meals; Chapter 8 Present and Absent: Women at Greco-Roman Wedding Meals; Chapter 9 Evidence for Slaves at the Table in the Ancient Mediterranean: From Traditional Rural Festivals to Urban Associations; Chapter 10 The Sex Trade and Slavery at Meals; Chapter 11 The Saturnalia in Greco-Roman Culture; Chapter 12 Early Christian Meals and Slavery; Chapter 13 Slaves at Greco-Roman Banquets: A Response; Part IV The Culture of Reclining: Corporeality, Sexuality, Intimacy
Chapter 14 Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest: Status, Corporeality, and the Negotiation of Power at Ancient MealsChapter 15 Temptations of the Table: Christians Respond to Reclining Culture; Chapter 16 A Valentinian Response to the Culture of Reclining; Chapter 17 Monastic Meals: Resisting a Reclining Culture; Chapter 18 Inclined to Decline Reclining? Women, Corporeality, and Dining Posture in Early Rabbinic Literature; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Subject Index; Index of Works Cited
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides three categories of investigation: 1) The Typology and Context of the Greco-Roman Banquet, 2) Who Was at the Greco-Roman Banquets, and 3) The Culture of Reclining. Together these studies establish festive meals as an essential lens into social formation in the Greco-Roman world.
History, Ancient.
Religion—History.
Religion and sociology.
Christianity.
Philology.
Europe—History—To 476.
Ancient History.
History of Religion.
Sociology of Religion.
Christianity.
Classical Studies.
History of Ancient Europe.