Title: In the beginning was the meal
Subtitle: social experimentation and early Christian identity
Description: What were the origins of the Eucharist? Taussig, a founding member of the SBL Seminar on Meals in the Greco-Roman World, brings a wealth of scholarship to bear on the question of Christian origins. He shows that in the Augustan age, common meals became the sites of dramatic experimentation and innovation regarding social roles and relationships, challenging expectations regarding gender, class, and status. Rich comparative material and rigorous ritual analysis reveal that it was in just such a swirl of experimentation that the early Christian assemblies, with their "love feasts" and "supper of the Lord," were born. This cutting-edge monograph sheds new light on the social context of early Christian gatherings, illuminating the origins of the Eucharist and of Christianity itself. Taussig draws important implications for the practice of Christian community today.
Subjects: Social aspects, Fasts and feasts, Social aspects of Dinners and dining, Christianity, Lord's Supper, Dinners and dining, Church history, Religious aspects of Dinners and dining, History, Primitive and early church, Kristendomen, Måltider, Mat- och dryckesseder, Religiösa aspekter, Sociala aspekter, Mat och dryck, Lord's supper, history, Church history, primitive and early church, ca. 30-600, Rituals, Religious aspects
Time periods: Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600