Maranatha
Subtitle: women's funerary rituals and Christian origins
By: Kathleen E. Corley ; foreword by John Dominic Crossan.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780800662363
Subjects: Women in Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Funeral rites and ceremonies, Early Christian; Dinners and dining -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History; Lord's Supper -- History -- Early church, ca., 30-600; Christianity -- Origin
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.