Meals in a Social Context: Aspects of the Communal Meal in the Hellenistic and Roman World: Aspects of the Communal Meal in the Hellenistic & Roman World, 2nd Edition - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 8779340067 ISBN 13: 9788779340060

Casa editrice: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2001

Riassunto

This collection of outstanding essays gives an in-depth look at the role of meals in creating a sense of family and community in the Mediterranean world in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. By looking at the dining habits of Greeks and Romans, Jews and Christians, Essenes and Therapeutes, an international cadre of scholars provides insight into how social mores and etiquette were passed on to children, how family life increased in importance for Christians, the conflict in styles when Greeks and Romans met, and how meals attained and sustained religious significance. Other topics include funerary banquets; the etiquette of a formal dinner; the position of women at meals; royal feasts; the development of the Eucharist as a separate ritual; the architecture of the Greek andron and the Roman triclinium, early synagogues and temples; the diets of each culture. A separate chapter discusses the provision of food for the hungry and the public ownership of the sea, salt and fish.

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• Editore: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 8779340067
• ISBN 13: 9788779340060
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 248
• Redattore: Nielsen Inge, Nielsen Hanne Sigismund