Dining with John : communal meals and identity formation in the Fourth Gospel and its historical and cultural context /

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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Main Author: Kobel, Esther, 1977-

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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Bible. > N.T. > John > Socio-rhetorical criticism.
Dinners and dining in the Bible.
Identification (Religion) > History.

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Call Number: BS2615.6.D56 K63 2011

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505 0 0 |a Preliminary Material -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The State of the Question -- 3. Role of Meal Scenes and Discourses on Food and Drink in the Narrative of the Fourth Gospel -- 4. Meals as Construction Sites for Identity in the Hellenistic Mediterranean: Comparison with Other Groups -- 5. Discursive I: John and "the Eucharist" -- 6. Discursive II: Mystery Cults -- 7. Discursive III: Chewing the Flesh of Jesus -- 8. Historical Context: Betrayal at Table -- 9. Conclusion -- 10. Appendix: Jesus on a Diet? The Abstemious Jesus -- Bibliography -- Index of Passages -- Index of Subjects. 
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