Dining with John : communal meals and identity formation in the Fourth Gospel and its historical and cultural context /
This book explores the accounts of communal meals and the metaphorical use of food and drink language in the narrative world of the Gospel of John. It argues that the Johannine community regularly gathered for communal meals in which the food and drink on the menu would have taken on a spiritual sig...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
Series:
Biblical Interpretation Series
109.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223226.
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Call Number: BS2615.6.D56 K63 2011
| Summary: | This book explores the accounts of communal meals and the metaphorical use of food and drink language in the narrative world of the Gospel of John. It argues that the Johannine community regularly gathered for communal meals in which the food and drink on the menu would have taken on a spiritual significance far exceeding the physical sustenance. The study employs a socio-rhetorical methodology and consequently moves from text to context. It tentatively describes the texts' influence on the formation of early Christian identity and suggests that the Johannine meal accounts provide a way to imagine the demographic composition of the community and its historical context. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 370 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004223820 |
| ISSN: | 0928-0731 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |