Eucharistic Origins

by Paul F. Bradshaw

Book Overview

The consensus view has long been that the Eucharist as practiced in the early Church was modeled primarily on the Last Supper. The meal then disappeared from the rite, and the Eucharist was appended to a morning service of the word inherited from the Jewish synagogue. All of this was supposedly standardized at a very early date, and has remained essentially the same ever since.
In this groundbreaking book, Paul Bradshaw explores the basis on which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195222229
• ISBN13: 9780195222227
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.5"