The Ongoing Feast: Table Fellowship and Eschatology at Emmaus

by Arthur A. Just Jr.

Book Overview

The Emmaus story of Luke 24 is pivotal to Luke-Acts. It both summarizes Luke's Gospel and anticipates what is to follow. It is the central presentation of Luke's recurring motif of Jesus' tale fellowship as a manifestation of the eschatological kingdom.

Using literary critical analysis, the author shows the progressive development of this motif throughout Luke's Gospel, with its culmination in the Emmaus account. This work departs from most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814660134
• ISBN13: 9780814660133
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"