TY  - BOOK
AU  - Finger,Reta Halteman
TI  - Of widows and meals: communal meals in the book of Acts 
SN  - 9780802830531
AV  - BS2625.6.D56 F56 2007
U1  - 226.6/067 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - William B. Eerdmans Pub.
KW  - Bible
KW  - Acts
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Dinners and dining in the Bible
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-310) and indexes; Introduction -- Stating the question : a middle-class bias against communal sharing? -- Economic sharing in Acts? a history of (mis)interpretation -- Naming the meal : agape, Eucharist, bread-breaking -- Meals on wheels for the widows? common meals versus poor relief -- From the top down : socio-economic structures of an agrarian society -- Jerusalem : productive city on a hill -- How the non-elite survived : social relations and community values -- Copycats? Essene communal life as model -- Never eat alone! food and meals as cultural symbols -- "A glutton and a drunkard" : Jesus and table fellowship -- "Upstairs, downstairs" : widows and other women in dining room and kitchen -- The intentional community : an exegesis of Acts 2:41-47 -- The widows' complaint : an exegesis of Acts 5:42-6:1-6 -- Daily commensality : a necessity then, impractical today?
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006039041.html
ER  -