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 ...
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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.
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Publisher:
University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Published:
1981
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16248485809
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Publisher:
University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Published:
05/1981
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17732980479
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Very Good in GOOD jacket. Size: 5x0x8; Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. Clean tight pages. Jacket has noticable wear along corners and bottom edge, tape repairs made to some minor tears.
Publisher:
University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Published:
1981
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17687870960
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Very Good. Size: 6x0x9; Hardcover and dust jacket. Jacket differs from pictured. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Small tears to jacket. Clean, unmarked pages.
Publisher:
University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Published:
1981
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16831693568
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Lord's Supper, Passover, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.