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Meals in early Judaism : social formation at the table /

"Meals in Early Judaism: Social Formation at the Table is the first book about the meals of early Judaism. As such it breaks important new ground in establishing the basis for understanding the centrality of meals in this pivotal period of Judaism and providing a framework of historical pattern...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Marks, Susan (Editor), Taussig, Hal (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Dinners and dining in rabbinical literature.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Therapeutae.
Dinners and dining > Greece > History > To 1500.
Dinners and dining > Rome > History > To 1500.
Dinners and dining.
Rabbinical literature.
Greece.
Rome (Empire)
To 1500
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Summary:"Meals in Early Judaism: Social Formation at the Table is the first book about the meals of early Judaism. As such it breaks important new ground in establishing the basis for understanding the centrality of meals in this pivotal period of Judaism and providing a framework of historical patterns and influences"--
Physical Description:xii, 204 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781137372567
1137372567