Making a meal of it : rethinking the theology of the Lord's Supper / Ben Witherington III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Witherington, Ben, III, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lord's Supper.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Place of Publication:

Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Making a Meal of It explores the background and implication of the Lord's Supper. Delving into its historical and Scriptural origins, Witherington argues that the Lord's Supper is a sacramental celebration of the community of God, designed to incorporate people of varying backgrounds. Excavating the diverse ways in which Scripture and early Christian tradition speak about the Lord's Supper, Witherington advocates that the meal is primarily about who the people of God are and how they should thus live together.

Contents:

Passed over, past due

From the Essenes to Jesus

The table of the entitled and the table of the Lord: eating and drinking in Corinth

The long farewell: the feast in John 13-17

Missing supper: the Eucharist in early Christianity

Second-century sacraments

When the meal became the mass

The mystery of the meal.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-151) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611162054

9781281162052

1281162051

9781602580824

1602580820

OCLC:

476074759