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Maranatha : women's funerary rituals and Christian origins / Kathleen E. Corley ; foreword by John Dominic Crossan.
Van Pelt Library BR195.W6 C665 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Corley, Kathleen E., 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in Christianity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Women in Christianity.
- History.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Early Christian.
- Dinners and dining--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
- Dinners and dining.
- Lord's Supper--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Lord's Supper.
- Christianity--Origin.
- Christianity.
- Dinners and dining--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 262 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Women and early Christian meals and associations
- Women's funerary rituals, meals, and lament in antiquity
- Celebratory meals of the kingdom of God and meals of Jesus' presence : from Jesus to Q, the Didache, and the Eucharist
- The Eucharist and meals for the dead
- The Passion story as a lament story for the dead.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780800662363
- 0800662369
- OCLC:
- 422764142
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