What is it about?
A comparison between meals in associations (material, sociology, laws) and meals in texts from the New Testament and beyond (1 Corinthians, Justin Martyr, Didache). A special focus is on the connex between sacrifice and food consumed at communal meals.
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Why is it important?
It sheds new light on the social and cultic dimensions of early Christian meals.
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This page is a summary of: Cultic Meals in Associations and the Early Christian Eucharist, Early Christianity, January 2014, Mohr Siebeck,
DOI: 10.1628/186870314x14243331428368.
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