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Veronika Grimm

    September 5, 1971
    Three essays on mechanism design and multi-object auctions
    From Feasting To Fasting
    • 1996

      From Feasting To Fasting

      The Evolution of a Sin

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      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.

      From Feasting To Fasting