Dining with John

Communal Meals and Identity Formation in the Fourth Gospel and Its Historical and Cultural Context
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-21778-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 109, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 771 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

This book explores the accounts of communal meals and the metaphorical use of food and drink language in the narrative world of the Gospel of John. It argues that the Johannine community regularly gathered for communal meals in which the food and drink on the menu would have taken on a spiritual significance far exceeding the physical sustenance. The study employs a socio-rhetorical methodology and consequently moves from text to context. It tentatively describes the texts’ influence on the formation of early Christian identity and suggests that the Johannine meal accounts provide a way to imagine the demographic composition of the community and its historical context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kobel, Esther

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Kobel, Esther
Esther Kobel, Dr. theol. (2010), University of Basel, Switzerland, is Post-Doctoral Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of New Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Basel.

Esther Kobel, Dr. theol. (2010), University of Basel, Switzerland, is Post-Doctoral Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of New Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Basel.