The Evolution of the Johannine Eucharist
It is evident to any serious student of the Fourth Gospel that its treatment of the Christian sacrament of the Eucharist is anomalous. The meaning of John 6.51b-58 is decidedly, even stridently, eucharistic. Yet, despite such obvious eucharistic intent, there is no Johannine account of the eucharist...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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1993
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New Testament studies
Year: 1993, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-35 |
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Summary: | It is evident to any serious student of the Fourth Gospel that its treatment of the Christian sacrament of the Eucharist is anomalous. The meaning of John 6.51b-58 is decidedly, even stridently, eucharistic. Yet, despite such obvious eucharistic intent, there is no Johannine account of the eucharistic institution such as we find in 1 Cor 11.23–5 and the later Synoptic accounts of the Last Supper (Mark 14.22–5; Matt 26.26–9; Luke 22.3–6). |
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ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688500020270 |