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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Last Supper"”.
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Our Last Supper:
This thesis argues that when Molisans have conversations about death and dying, they will be more willing to accept their own mortality. In addition, I advocate for musical theatre as a uniquely effective medium for death education through which Molisans will be inspired to continue to discuss …
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Painting, performance, senses, and space: immersing the viewer in the Last Supper refectory frescoes of fifteenth-century Florence
… fifteenth-century representations of the Last Supper that were painted on the walls of monastic refectories located in and around the city of Florence, with a focus on the viewer’s multi-sensory experience of the paintings in their spaces of reception and in relation to theatrical …
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My Blood of the (New) Covenant: An Assessment of René Girard's Soteriology in Light of the Covenantal Milieu of the Last Supper Sayings
… passages that Girard avoids discussing like the Last Supper sayings in the Synoptic Gospels. This dissertation investigates whether these central passages, along with other supporting texts in the Synoptics, jeopardize the viability of Girard's assertions, especially when they are read in light …
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The Sacred in the Profane: Understanding Andy Warhol's Relationship with the Visual Image
… were sacred. In 1986, the Pop artist based the last major series of his career on a reproduction of a Renaissance masterpiece, Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper (1495-97/98, figure 1). Given the slick packaging of Warhol's oeuvre and his cool public persona, it would be easy to dismiss these late …
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Jewish Jesus, Gentile church - Jewish meal? The origins and development of the Lord's Supper through a Jewish prism
… that the origins and development of the Lord’s Supper are best understood through a Jewish prism. In order to do this, I create a distinction between ethos and practice. The four critical research questions that govern the thesis are: Firstly, why did the Lord’s Supper come about in the first …
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How Might Jesus’ Relationship with the Beloved Disciple Affirm LGBTQ+ Christians in the Twenty-First Century?
… narrative: his engagement with Jesus at the Last Supper (Jn 13:21-30), the Crucifixion and the Resurrection respectively (Jn 19:25b-27; 20:1-10; 21:1-14), as well as the episode in which the Beloved Disciple is discussed by Jesus and Peter and affirmed as the author(ity) of the Gospel (Jn …
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Structures of belonging: the poetry of Seamus Heaney
… Eucharist recalls his words and actions at the Last Supper when he shares bread and wine with his disciples and tells them that they are his body and blood. In the Catholic faith partaking of wine and bread during the communion of mass is believed to be a partaking of the real presence of …
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Penal Substitutionary Atonement as the Basis for New Covenant and New Creation
… his death inaugurates the new covenant at the Last Supper (Luke 22:14-20). This study will argue that the new covenant promises of forgiveness, transformation by the Spirit, God’s abiding presence, and the believer’s knowledge of God require penal substitutionary atonement. Chapter 1 recounts …
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The atonement in Lukan theology
… authenticity and meaning of Jesus' words at the Last Supper. Subsequent episodes in Luke-Acts are then shown to recall and confirm this interpretation, creating a theme in Luke's narrative and emphasizing its importance for the life of the church. Chapter 3 examines the Passion narrative for …
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Remnant and restoration as a paradigm of Matthew's theology of Israel
… discussion focuses on Matthew's account of the Last Supper and Jesus' announcement that he will go ahead of his disciples to Galilee after his resurrection (26:26-32). These events combine to form a complex of ideas that anticipate the eschatological restoration of Israel. Chapter 7 provides a …
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Aspects of the Remnant Concept in the Gospel of Matthew
… of an erring brother, and the covenant at the Last Supper.</p> <p>Aware of the difficulties and pitfalls of reducing the remnant concept in Matthew to a set of lowest-common terms, greater emphasis is placed on the evangelist's presentation of Jesus as the remnant of Israel, whose role of …
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My Blood of the Covenant: Reverberation of the New Covenant in Matthew’s Gospel
… in the eschatological banquet, leading up to the Last Supper. To that effect, the chapter will argue that Matthew appears to interpret the meaning of Jesus’ death within the conceptual framework of Passover ordered to exodus, ordered to covenant. The blood of the covenant in 26:28 should be seen …