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From feasting to fasting, the evolution of a sin : attitudes to food in late antiquity

Author: Veronika E Grimm
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This study discusses texts, written between the first and fifth centuries AD, that address Christian conduct with respect to food, eating and fasting, by setting them into the historical and social contexts in which their authors lived. From Feasting to Fasting, the Evolution of a Sin traces the early history of conflicting attitudes to food. It will be of interest not only to historians of late antiquity, but also  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Veronika E Grimm
ISBN: 0415135958 9780415135955
OCLC Number: 34029530
Description: x, 294 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 1. The Jewish Background --
2. The Graeco-Roman Background --
3. Food and Fasting in the Pauline Epistles --
4. Food and Fasting in the Acts of the Apostles --
5. Clement of Alexandria --
6. Food and Fasting in the Works of Tertullian --
7. Food and Fasting in Origen and Eusebius --
8. Jerome and Ascetic Propaganda --
9. Augustine and Ascetic Practice.
Responsibility: Veronika E. Grimm.
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This study discusses texts, written between the first and fifth centuries AD, that address Christian conduct with respect to food, eating and fasting, by setting them into the historical and social contexts in which their authors lived. From Feasting to Fasting, the Evolution of a Sin traces the early history of conflicting attitudes to food. It will be of interest not only to historians of late antiquity, but also to those searching for historical roots of modern attitudes.

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