
The Lord's Table
Eucharist and Passover in Early Christianity
Gillian Feeley-Harnik(Author)
University of Pennsylvania Press
Published on 29. May 1981
Book
Hardback
196 pages
978-0-8122-7786-9 (ISBN)
Description
Focusing on the imagery of the Last Supper, The Lord's Table is a provocative study of Jewish-Gentile relations through their symbolic rituals in the first century A.D. The author argues that the Last Supper, representing the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, was a reinterpretation of many different kinds of covenant meals, in scripture and in practice, that focused primarily on the Passover. By following the overall pattern of the Passover, yet inverting every critical element, the early church transformed the meaning of the meal and the sacrifice on which it was based into something quite different.
Through anthropological and literary analysis, The Lord's Table brings to light how a ritual so intrinsic to modern Christian life was once so controversial and revolutionary.
Through anthropological and literary analysis, The Lord's Table brings to light how a ritual so intrinsic to modern Christian life was once so controversial and revolutionary.
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"A landmark." (Commonweal)More details
Series
Edition
Reprint 2016 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Product notice
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
461 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8122-7786-9 (9780812277869)
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Person
Gillian Feeley-Harnik is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of Michigan.