Subversive Meals
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Subversive Meals

An Analysis of the Lord's Supper under Roman Domination during the First Century

  1. 340 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Subversive Meals

An Analysis of the Lord's Supper under Roman Domination during the First Century

About this book

Subversive Meals examines the Lord's Supper within the sociopolitical context of first-century Roman domination, and concludes that it was an anti-imperial praxis.Although the Christian communal meal looked much like a typical Roman banquet in structure, with a deipnon and a symposion, it was essentially different. The Roman meal supported the empire's ideology, honored Caesar and the gods, reinforced stratification among the masses, and upheld Rome's right to rule the world. The Christian meal, on the other hand, included hymns that extolled Jesus as Lord, prophecies that challenged Rome's ideological claims, and letters--read aloud--that promoted egalitarianism and instructed believers on how to live according to kingdom of God principles. Hence, the Christian banquet was an act of nonviolent resistance, or what James C. Scott calls a "hidden transcript."

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Chapter 1: Introduction
  4. Chapter 2: The Roman Banquet as a Model for the Lord’s Supper
  5. Chapter 3: The Passover as an Anti-Imperial Activity
  6. Chapter 4: The Jesus Movement in Its First-Century CE Context
  7. Chapter 5: Jesus’ Lukan Meals as a Venue to Proclaim His Anti-Imperial Gospel of the Kingdom
  8. Chapter 6: The Last Supper as an Anti-Imperial Banquet
  9. Chapter 7: The Anti-Imperial Nature of Christian Meals
  10. Chapter 8: Prophecy as an Anti-Imperial Meal Activity
  11. Chapter 9: Conclusion
  12. Bibliography
  13. Scripture Index