'This is My Blood of the Covenant': The Markan Last Supper and the Elohistic Horeb Narrative
This article seeks to explain the long observed allusion to Exod 24:8 in Mark 14:23. It contextualizes this allusion as part of a more extensive interpretive engagement with the sacrificial ritual described in Exod 24:3–11. In so doing, it identifies an exegetical justification for the consumption o...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Biblical research
Year: 2017, Volume: 62, Pages: 48-60 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ultima cena, The last supper
/ Bible. Exodus 19-40
/ Sacrifice (Religion)
/ Blood
/ Blood of Christ
/ Divine covenant
/ Eucharist
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
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Exodus 19-40
B Bible. Mark B Sacrifice Biblical teaching B Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) B Documentary Hypothesis B Last Supper |
| Summary: | This article seeks to explain the long observed allusion to Exod 24:8 in Mark 14:23. It contextualizes this allusion as part of a more extensive interpretive engagement with the sacrificial ritual described in Exod 24:3–11. In so doing, it identifies an exegetical justification for the consumption of blood in the Last Supper rite, a feature problematically situated in the Jewish milieu from which early Christianity sprang. The article also reflects on Mark 14:23 as an example of ancient biblical interpretation and argues that, by connecting the sacrificeand blood manipulation in Exod 24:4–6 with the meal inv. 11bβ, this gospel text anticipates the modern, source-critical approach that identifies Exod 24:3–8, 11bβ as distinct from Exod24:1–2, 9–11bα. |
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| ISSN: | 0067-6535 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical research
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