Essential Resources:

• "Hospitality," article from Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology.

• "Tax Collectors and Sinners," essay by Jirair S. Tashjian (Southern Nazarene University).

• "Jesus' New Economy of Grace: The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics," article by Ched Myers, originally published in Sojourners Magazine (July-August 1998).

• "The Case of Table Fellowship," article by Ted Grimsrud (Eastern Mennonite University).

• "Food and Fellowship," a collection of Jewish teachings on eating from the Mishna, compiled by Mahlon H. Smith (Rutgers University).

• Sketch of Seating Arrangements in a Roman House. Some seating arrangements in Palestine would have been similar to the ones in this illustration.

* You may access this scripture reading at any time by clicking on the "Scripture" tab above.