Meals in Early Judaism: Social Formation at the Table

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Preface; Hal Taussig Introduction; Susan Marks 1. Ten Theses Concerning Meals and Early Judaism; Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, Susan Marks and Jordan Rosenblum PART I 2. Thinking about the Ten Theses in Relation to the Passover Seder and Women's Participation; Judith Hauptman 3. Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism; Jordan Rosenblum 4. In the place of Libation: Birkat Hamazon Navigates New Ground; Susan Marks 5. Performing Myth, Performing Midrash at Rabbinic Meals; Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus PART II 6. The Pivotal Place of the Therapeutae in Understanding the Meals of Early Judaism; Hal Taussig 7. The Food of the Therapeutae: A Thick Description; Andrew McGowan 8. The Ritual Dynamics of Inspiration: The Therapeutae's Dance; Matthias Klinghardt 9. Contrasting Banquets: A Literary Commonplace in Philo's On the Contemplative Life and other Greek and Roman Symposia; Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus 10. Next Steps: Placing this Study of Jewish Meals in the Larger Picture of Meals in the Ancient World, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity; Dennis Smith Bibliography