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

by Dennis E. Smith

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137002883
• ISBN13: 9781137002884
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"