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Raised on Christian milk : food and the formation of the soul in early Christianity / John David Penniman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Penniman, John David, author.
- Series:
- Synkrisis
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Food.
- Soul--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Soul.
- Theology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Theology.
- History.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Soul--Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 328 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- 1 The Symbolic Power of Food in the Greco-Roman World 23
- 2 Mother's Milk as Ethno-religious Essence in Ancient Judaism 52
- 3 Ruminating on Paul's Food in the Second Century 79
- 4 Animal, Vegetable, Milk: Origen's Dietary System 109
- 5 Gregory of Nyssa at the Breast of the Bridegroom 138
- 6 Milk Without Growth: Augustine and the Limits of Formation 165.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0300222769
- 9780300222760
- OCLC:
- 961309915
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