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Hardcover Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity Book

ISBN: 0300222769

ISBN13: 9780300222760

Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity

(Part of the Synkrisis Series)

A fascinating new study of the symbolic power of food and its role in forming kinship bonds and religious identity in early Christianity

Scholar of religion John Penniman considers the symbolic importance of food in the early Roman world in an engaging and original new study that demonstrates how "eating well" was a pervasive idea that served diverse theories of growth, education, and religious identity. Penniman places early Christian...

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