From Feasting To Fasting

The Evolution of a Sin

Autori

• Veronika Grimm

Parametri

• 304 pagine
• 11 ore di lettura

• Esoterismo e religione
• Religione
• Teologia

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Exploring early Christian perspectives on food, eating, and fasting, this study examines texts from the first to fifth centuries AD within their historical and social contexts. It highlights the evolving attitudes toward food, revealing conflicts that shaped Christian conduct. This work appeals to historians of late antiquity and those interested in the historical foundations of contemporary views on dietary practices.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1996

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