From feasting to fasting, the evolution of a sin : attitudes to food in late antiquity / Veronika E. Grimm.

Veronika Grimm discusses early Christian texts dealing with food, eating and fasting. It will be of interest to all students of Early Christianity and to those searching for historical roots of modern attitudes.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Grimm, Veronika E., 1934-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; THE JEWISH BACKGROUND; THE GRAECO-ROMAN BACKGROUND; FOOD AND FASTING IN THE PAULINE EPISTLES; FOOD AND FASTING IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES; CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA; FOOD AND FASTING IN THE WORKS OF TERTULLIAN; FOOD AND FASTING IN ORIGEN AND EUSEBIUS; JEROME AND ASCETIC PROPAGANDA; AUGUSTINE AND ASCETIC PRACTICE; CONCLUSION; Notes; Note on the sources; Bibliography; Index.