Dining with John : communal meals and identity formation in the Fourth Gospel and its historical and cultural context / by Esther Kobel.

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This book provides an analysis of the role of food, drink and meals in the Fourth Gospel, in the formation of early Christian identity, and of the historical circumstances in which Johannine meal practices may have developed.

List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Hypothesis Statement; 1.2. Line of Argumentation; 1.3. Socio-Rhetorical Methodology; 1.4. Brief Outline of the Chapters; 1.5. Presuppositions; 1.5.1. Gospel of John; 1.5.2. Identity; 1.6. Contribution; 2. The State of the Question; 2.1. Sociological Importance of Meals in Identity and Community Formation; 2.2. Communal Meals in New Testament Scholarship; 2.3. Food Issues in Johannine Scholarship; 2.4. Conclusion: Demonstration of Gap and Definition of Question; PART I: NARRATIVE

3. Role of Meal Scenes and Discourses on Food and Drink in the Narrative of the Fourth Gospel3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Meal Scenes Punctuate the Johannine Narrative; 3.3. Brief Discussion of Each Meal Scene; 3.3.1. The Wedding at Cana, John 2:1-12; 3.3.2. Jesus and the Woman of Samaria, John 4:1-42; 3.3.3. The Feeding of the Five Thousand, John 6:1-15; 3.3.4. The Bread of Life Discourse, John 6:22-71; 3.3.5. Rivers of Living Water, John 7:37-39; 3.3.6. The Meal in Bethany, John 12:1-11; 3.3.7. Jesus' Last Meal with His Disciples, John 13-17; 3.3.8. Jesus' Drink on the Cross, John 19:28

3.3.9. The Meal on the Shore of the Sea of Tiberias, John 213.4. Meanings and Motifs; 3.4.1. The Johannine Meal-Inclusio; 3.4.2. Symbolism around What Is Consumed; 3.4.3. Jesus' "Guests": Group Identity of Jesus and His Disciples; 3.4.4. Community Experiences Tied to Meal Scenes; 3.4.5. Theological or Spiritual; 3.5. Conclusion; PART II: MEAL ACCOUNTS AND DISCOURSES ABOUT FOOD AND DRINK IN THE LIFE OF THE JOHANNINE COMMUNITY; 4. Meals as Construction Sites for Identity in the Hellenistic Mediterranean: Comparison with Other Groups; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Qumran Community/Essene Community

4.2.1. Introduction4.2.2. Meals in the Community behind the Dead Sea Scrolls; 4.2.3. Meals in the Essene Community/Communities; 4.2.4. Conclusion; 4.3. Therapeutae; 4.3.1. Introduction; 4.3.2. Philo's "De Vita Contemplativa"; 4.3.3. Conclusion; 4.4. Haburoth; 4.4.1. Introduction; 4.4.2. Mishna Demai 2 and Tosefta Demai 2; 4.4.3. Further Rabbinic Sources on Haburoth; 4.4.4. Passover Haburah; 4.4.5. Conclusion; 4.5. Pauline Communities; 4.5.1. Introduction; 4.5.2. Corinth; 4.5.3. Galatia; 4.5.4. Rome; 4.5.5. Conclusion; 4.6. Communal Meals in the Acts of the Apostles; 4.6.1. Introduction

4.6.2. Acts 2:42-47 6:1-7; 9:9, 18-19; 4.6.3. Acts 10:1-11:18; 4.6.4. Acts 15; 4.6.5. Acts 16:14-15, 26-34; 20:7-12; 27:33-38; 4.6.6. Conclusion; 4.7. Didache Community; 4.7.1. Introduction; 4.7.2. The Meal in Didache 9-10; 4.7.3. The Meal in Didache 14; 4.7.4. Fasting, Didache 1:3; 7:4; 8:1; 4.7.5. Sustenance of Prophets and the Giving of First-Fruits, Didache 11-13; 4.7.6. Eschatological Gatherings, Didache 16; 4.7.7. Conclusion; 4.8. Conclusion; 5. Discursive I: John and "the Eucharist"; 5.1. Introduction

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