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Subversive Meals: An Analysis of the Lord's Supper Under Roman Domination During the First Century

Subversive Meals: An Analysis of the Lord's Supper Under Roman Domination During the First Century

Streett, R. Alan

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Ancient RomeGeneral Christianity

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ISBN10: 0227176154
ISBN13: 9780227176153
Publisher: James Clarke Co
Published: Nov 29 2016
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Employing scriptural exegesis and historical and theological analysis, this is an astute study of the Lord's Supper as a political act against Roman dominion.

In Subversive Meals, Alan Streett follows on from James C Scott's idea of a hidden transcript to argue that the Lord's Supper was a subversive, non-violent act against the Roman Empire. Primarily through exegesis of the writings of Luke and Paul, Streett examines the political nature of the meal in the context of first-century Roman domination. In his widely researched argument, Streett illuminates for the reader why understanding the Lord's Supper as a purely symbolic act overlooks the political significance it would have had in the first century CE. Subversive Meals analyses how the structure of the Lord's Supper followed that of a Roman banquet by having a deipon and a symposium, the latter being the time when anti-resistance discussions would take place. Streett examines several aspects of the history, context and theological significance of the Lord's Supper. He discusses such topics as the identification of Passover as an anti-imperial meal against the Pharaoh's rule, the Roman domination system, the meal practices of Jesus, the eschatological meaning of the Last Supper, the practice of this anti-imperial work ethic in the early church, and the gift of prophecy as a symposium activity. By seeing the Lord's Supper as a political act, readers will be able to study Scriptural passages more closely and precisely.

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