Meals in early Judaism : social formation at the table /

Meals in early Judaism : social formation at the table / edited by Susan Marks and Hal Taussig. - xii, 204 páginas ; 23 centímetros

Bibliografía : páginas 183-193. Índice : páginas 201-204.

Ten theses concerning meals and early Judaism -- Thinking about the ten theses in relation to the Passover Seder and women's participation -- Food and identity in early rabbinic Judaism -- In the place of libation: birkat hamazon navigates new ground -- Performing myth, performing Midrash at rabbinic meals -- The pivotal place of the Therapeutae in understanding the meals of early Judaism -- The food of the Therapeutae: a thick description -- The ritual dynamics of inspiration: the Therapeutae's dance -- Contrasting banquets: a literary commonplace in Philo's on the contemplative life and other Greek and Roman symposia -- Next steps: placing this study of Jewish meals in the larger picture of meals in the ancient world, early Judaism, and early Christianity.



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Cenas y cenas en literatura rabínica.
Literatura rabínica: historia y crítica.
Dinners and dining in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinical literature -- history and criticism.

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