{"product_id":"of-widows-and-meals-communal-meals-in-the-book-of-acts-paperback-1","title":"Of Widows and Meals: Communal Meals in the Book of Acts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eReta Halteman Finger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough \"community\" has become a common byword in the contemporary Western church, the practice of communal sharing has effectively fallen by the wayside. Unfortunately, it is often the poor who are left wanting because we no longer come together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reta Halteman Finger finds a solution to this modern problem by learning from the ancient Mediterranean Christian culture of community. In the earliest Jerusalem church, in holding the responsibility for preparing and serving communal meals, women were given a place of honor. With the table fellowship and goods sharing of the early church, Luke says, \"there were no needy persons among them\" (Acts 4:34). Finger thoroughly examines this agape-meal tradition, challenging traditional interpretations of the \"community of goods\" in the Jerusalem church and proving that the communal sharing lasted for hundreds of years longer than previously assumed. \u003ci\u003eOf Widows and Meals\u003c\/i\u003e begins a discussion of need in community that can revolutionize the contemporary church's interaction with the world at large.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eReta Halteman Finger is assistant professor of New Testament at Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.02 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42592940359776,"sku":"9780802830531","price":52.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/WHZmZDNzdEVOaUJlRXRpL3pPb01UZz09.webp?v=1771484141","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/of-widows-and-meals-communal-meals-in-the-book-of-acts-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}