Maranatha
Subtitle: women's funerary rituals and Christian origins
By: Kathleen E. Corley ; foreword by John Dominic Crossan
Publisher: Fortress Press; Brand: Fortress Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780800662363
Description: "Kathleen Corley continues her examination of women's roles at the beginnings of Christianity with this groundbreaking new study of women's funerary rituals and lament customs in the ancient Roman world. She finds in these rituals important connections with Gospel accounts of women's visits to the tomb of Jesus and of his resurrection 'on the third day.' Examining texts, catacomb art, and inscriptions, she articulates a new and exciting role for women mourners at the heart of Christian origins." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Women and early Christian meals and associations; title: Women's funerary rituals, meals, and lament in antiquity; title: Celebratory meals of the kingdom of God and meals of Jesus' presence : from Jesus to Q, the Didache, and the Eucharist; title: The Eucharist and meals for the dead; title: The Passion story as a lament story for the dead.