Ebook: The food and feasts of Jesus: the original Mediterranean diet, with menus and recipes

Why eat the food of Jesus and his followers? -- The bounty of the first-century kitchen -- Our daily bread -- The farmer, food, and social responsibility -- The Sabbath feast -- The banquet -- The wedding feast -- The feast of the Passover -- Supplement to chapter 8 : a first century Passover Haggadah -- The harvest feast -- Eating with God : the Todah feast -- Picnic at the beach -- What we have learned and why we join the feast.;Food production and distribution impacted all aspects of ancient life, including the teachings of Jesus. From elaborate holiday feasts to a simple farmer's lunch, this book explores the significance of various meals, discusses key ingredients, places food within socioeconomic conditions of the time, and offers more than fifty accessible recipes for readers to make their own tastes of the first century.