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What, how, and with whom we eat has been meaningful since antiquity. This volume offers interdisciplinary insights into ancient meal rituals, fasting, and dietary laws, and their influence today. I...
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Ethics (also) manifest themselves at the dining table: What, how, when, and with whom we eat is not without social, ethical, and religious implications. This volume explores these aspects of food in antiquity - from the death feast in Mari and Qat?na, eating and fasting in the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism, to food prohibitions in mystery cults and early Christian table fellowship. Contributions from archaeology, biblical studies, early ecclesiastical, religious and cultural history show how eating practices shape identity, reinforce hierarchies, regulate purity, spark ethical discourse, and facilitate contact with the transcendent. Intercultural comparisons with Jainism, Pacific Christianity, and ritual eating practices in Judaism during Covid-19 offer new perspectives on current debates in food ethics.
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Price: £126.90
Pages: 259
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Imprint: Mohr Siebeck
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
Publication Date: 31 March 2026
ISBN: 9783161648014
Format: Hardcover
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RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, New Testaments, Old Testaments, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
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Dorothea Erbele-Küster/Esther Kobel/Ulrich Volp: Hors d'œuvre - Sarah Lange-Weber: Ethische Aspekte des Totenmahls in Syrien im 2. Jahrtausend v. Chr. - Benedikt Eckhardt: Bohnen, Eier und Gelehrte. Zu Speisegeboten in antiken Mysterienkulten - Andrea Luithle-Hardenberg: Gewaltverzicht und Selbsttransformation in den Fastenritualen der Jains - Bronwen Neil: Food, Stewardship, and the Ethics of Mutuality in the Cook Islands - Michaela Bauks: Zur religiösen Ethik der Esskultur in der Welt der Hebräischen Bibel - Andreas Lehnardt: Ta?aniyot: Fastenpraxis und Fastenverbot im rabbinischen Judentum - Matthias Klinghardt: Mahl als Gemeinschaft von Gleichen - Angela Standhartinger: Das Mahl als Verkündigung des Todes? Zur Ethik der Mahlfeiern im ältesten Christentum - Ulrich Volp: Warum hat das antike Christentum den „heidnischen" Totenschmaus übernommen? Ethische und ritualtheoretische Aspekte - Michael Coors: Freiwilliger Verzicht auf Nahrung und Flüssigkeit. Essensverzicht als Suizid - Claudia Bergmann: Zur Adaptionsfähigkeit und Dynamik von jüdischen Mahlritualen in antiken und modernen Krisenzeiten