From symposium to Eucharist :

Smith, Dennis E. 1944-

From symposium to Eucharist : the banquet in the early Christian world / Dennis E. Smith. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2003. - xi, 411 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-387) and indexes.

0800634896 (pbk.)

2002152641


Lord's Supper--History.
Dinners and dining--History.--Greece
Dinners and dining--History.--Rome
Dinners and dining in the Bible.
Dinners and dining--Social aspects--History.


Greece--Social life and customs.
Rome--Social life and customs.

BV823 / .S62 2003

264.3609