The Lamb's High Feast,9789004112360

The Lamb's High Feast

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ISBN13: 9789004112360
ISBN10: 9004112367
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-12-01
Publisher(s): Brill Academic Pub
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Summary

The purpose of this work is to determine the place of Melitos Peri Pascha in the paschal liturgy of the Quartodecimans at Sardis.Its conclusion is that Peri Pascha constitutes the two parts of the Quartodeciman liturgy. The first part of the work is a liturgical homily on Exodus 12 which was delivered on the eve of Pascha, and the second half is the text of a commemorative ritual which constituted the celebration of Pascha itself.This conclusion is based on a formal examination of the text in the contexts of Graeco-Roman rhetoric and of Jewish and Christian paschal liturgy and theology.This is the first full-length study of Peri Pascha to be published, and the first extensive study of the Quartodecimans since 1953.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction xi
1 Melito, Sardis and the Quartodecimans 1(30)
1.1 General Introduction
1(10)
1.1.1 Melito of Sardis and the Quartodecimans
1(5)
1.1.2 The Discovery and Identification of Peri Pascha
6(2)
1.1.3 Sardis
8(3)
1.1.4 Conclusion
11(1)
1.2 The Quartodeciman Christian Tradition
11(18)
1.2.1 Christianity at Sardis
11(14)
1.2.2 Other Manifestations of Quartodeciman Tradition
25(4)
1.3 Conclusion
29(2)
2 Jewish and Christian Pascha 31(24)
2.1 The form of the Paschal Celebration
32(15)
2.1.1 The Origins of the Passover Haggadah
32(2)
2.1.2 The Date and Origin of the Passover Seder
34(2)
2.1.3 The Passover in the Johannine Tradition
36(6)
2.1.4 The Haggadah within the Seder
42(5)
2.1.5 Conclusion
47(1)
2.2 The Function of Paschal Observance
47(7)
2.3 Conclusion
54(1)
3 The Form and Function of Peri Pascha 55(86)
3.1 The Genre of Peri Pascha
55(58)
3.1.1 Peri Pascha as Homily
55(5)
3.1.2 Peri Pascha as Haggadah
60(6)
3.1.3 Peri Pascha as Diatribe
66(6)
3.1.4 Peri Pascha as Epideixis
72(5)
3.1.5 Peri Pascha as Rhetorical History
77(7)
3.1.6 Peri Pascha as Allegory
84(8)
3.1.7 Peri Pascha as Targum
92(8)
3.1.8 Peri Pascha as Liturgical Hymn
100(4)
3.1.9 Peri Pascha as Midrash
104(8)
3.1.10 Conclusion
112(1)
3.2. The Form and Function of Peri Pascha
113(28)
3.2.1 The Forms of Peri Pascha
113(5)
3.2.2 The Division of Peri Pascha
118(9)
3.2.3 The Function of Peri Pascha
127(14)
4 Peri Pascha and the Quartodeciman Paschal Liturgy 141(66)
4.1 The Background and Setting of the Quartodeciman Paschal Liturgy
142(30)
4.1.1 The Subject of Quartodeciman Commemoration
142(5)
4.1.2 The Significance of the Fourteenth
147(8)
4.1.3 Peri Pascha and the Paschal Disputes
155(5)
4.1.4 The Quartodeciman Paschal Fast
160(4)
4.1.5 The Date and Time of the Quartodeciman Celebration
164(8)
4.2 The Quartodeciman Celebration
172(47)
4.2.1 The Reading of Exodus
172(4)
4.2.2 The Question of Baptism
176(6)
4.2.3 The Quartodecimans and Messianic Expectation
182(4)
4.2.4 The Celebration of Pascha
186(4)
4.2.5 The Place of Peri Pascha
190(12)
4.2.6 The Development of the Quartodeciman Celebration
202(4)
4.2.7 Conclusion: Peri Pascha and the Quartodeciman Paschal Liturgy
206(1)
Bibliography 207(12)
Indices 219
General Index
221(2)
Index of References
223
A Biblical, Christian and Jewish Authors
223(2)
B Index of Classical Authors
225(1)
C Index of Modern Authors
226

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