Meals in the Early Christian World: Social Formation, Experimentation, and Conflict at the Table

By Dennis E. Smith

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349434035
• ISBN13: 9781349434039
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"