ISBN: 9781442212909 (hc)

Description: 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• Why eat the food of Jesus and his followers
• The bounty of the first century kitchen
• Our daily bread
• The farmer, food, and social responsibility
• The Sabbath feast
• The banquet
• The wedding feast
• The feast of the Passover
• Supplement to chapter 8: a first century Passover Haggadah
• The harvest feast
• Eating with God: the Todah feast
• Picnic at the beach.

LCCN: 2012005319

Subjects:

• Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Fasts and feasts in the Bible.
• Food -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
• Food habits -- Palestine -- History.
• Food in the Bible.
• Jewish cooking -- History.
• Jews -- Palestine -- Social life and customs.
• Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Other Authors: Pugh, Joel A., 1949-