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

Smith, Dennis E.; Taussig, H.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-12-05

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137002884

DOI: 10.1057/9781137032485

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 315