Advanced Resources:

• "Reader's Guide to Meals, Food, and Table Fellowship in the New Testament," article by Jerome Neyrey (University of Notre Dame).

• "Letter to Septitius Clarus," by Pliny the Younger. In this letter, Pliny rails at a friend whom he invited to dinner but who never showed up. (Who was Pliny the Younger? Read a biographical essay.)

• "Letter to Avitus," by Pliny the Younger, in which he complains about the discriminatory serving practices of a host in whose home he has just eaten. When you arrive, scroll up the page to the letter marked "XIX, To Avitus."

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