The Lost Supper
Revisiting Passover and the Origins of the Eucharist
1st Edition
Published on 27. July 2019
188 pages
978-1-9787-0034-5 (ISBN)
Description
What did Jesus intend when he spoke the words, "This is my body"? The Lost Supper argues that Jesus' words and actions at the Last Supper presupposed an already existing Passover ritual in which the messiah was represented by a piece of bread: Jesus was not instituting new symbolism but using an existing symbol to speak about himself. Drawing on both second temple and early Rabbinic sources, Matthew Colvin places Jesus' words in the Upper Room within the context of historically attested Jewish thought about Passover. The result is a new perspective on the Eucharist: a credible first-century Jewish way of thinking about the Last Supper and Lord's Supper- and a sacramentology that is also at work in the letters of the apostle Paul. Such a perspective gives us the historical standpoint to correct Christian assumptions, past and present, about how the Eucharist works and how we ought to celebrate it.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-0034-5 (9781978700345)
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Book
07/2019
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
€107.50
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Person
Matthew Colvin is a presbyter in the Reformed Episcopal Church.
Content
Chapter 1 The Historical Project
Chapter 2 The Passover Background
Chapter 3 Evidence from Jews and Greeks
Chapter 4 Layers of Meaning
Chapter 5 Mechanics and Misinterpretations
Chapter 6 Rereading John 6
Chapter 7 The Festal Meal in Corinth
Chapter 8 Experiencing the Lord's Supper Today
Chapter 2 The Passover Background
Chapter 3 Evidence from Jews and Greeks
Chapter 4 Layers of Meaning
Chapter 5 Mechanics and Misinterpretations
Chapter 6 Rereading John 6
Chapter 7 The Festal Meal in Corinth
Chapter 8 Experiencing the Lord's Supper Today
