Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Foreword Christine Vladimiroff, OSB xi
Introduction: the Bible through the Eyes of the Hungry Lai Ling Elizabeth Ngan Ahida Calderón Pilarski Sheila E. McGinn 1
1 Let All the Peoples Praise You: Biblical Studies and a Hermeneutics of Hunger Kathleen M. O'Connor 17
2 Feeding the Poor in Isaiah 58:1-9a: A Call to Justice, Mercy, and True Worship J. L. Manzo 35
3 From Drought to Starvation (Jeremiah 14:1-9): A National Experience, a Global Reality Carol J. Dempsey, OP 51
4 War, Famine, and Baby Stew: A Recipe for Disaster in the Book of Lamentations Lauress L. Wilkins 67
5 Social and Theological Aspects of Hunger in Sirach Bradley C. Gregory 89
6 "You Give Them Something to Eat" (Mark 6:37): Beyond a Hermeneutic of Hunger Mary Ann Beavis 111
7 The Friend at Midnight (Luke 11:1-10) Linda Maloney 129
8 An Empty Jar and a Starving Woman: Gospel of Thomas Logion 97 and a Hermeneutics of Hunger Susan M. (Elli) Elliott 135
9 Including the Hungry Adelphoi: Exploring Pauline Points of View in 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 Ma. Marilou S. Ibita 159
10 2 Thessalonians vs. the Ataktoi: A Pauline Critique of "White-Collar Welfare" Sheila E. McGinn Megan T. Wilson-Reitz 185
Contributors 209
Select Bibliography 217
Index of Names 243
Index of Biblical and Ancient Literature References 247
