Monday, November 14, 2016

Introductory Bibliography on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper

Joachim Jeremias, The Eucharistic Words of Jesus

Darrell Stone, A History of the Doctrine of the Holy Eucharist, 2 vols.

David Bercot, comp. A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs

Fritz Chenderlin, “Do This as My Memorial”: The Semantic and Conceptual Background and Value of 'Anamnesis' in 1 Corinthians 11:24-25

Hermann Sasse, This is My Body: Luther's Contention for the Real Presence in the Sacrament of the Altar

Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, 8 vols. (While often biased against any “substantial”-presence view, contains very good historical information on the development of the Eucharist as a sacrifice and the theological debates vis-a-vis the question of the nature of “Real Presence” among the “magisterial Reformers.”)

Aaron Milavec, The Didache: Faith, Hope, and Life of the Earliest Christian Communities, 50-70 C.E.

David W. Pao, Thanksgiving: An Investigation of a Pauline Theme

Ernest Bartels, Take Eat, Take Drink: The Lord's Supper through the Centuries

James T. O'Connor, The Hidden Manna: A Theology of the Eucharist, rev ed.

J.N.D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines, rev. ed.

Robert A. Sungenis, Not by Bread Alone: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for the Eucharistic Sacrifice of the Catholic Mass

Francis Clark, Eucharistic Sacrifice and the Reformation

Brant Pitre, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist

Idem. Jesus and the Last Supper

Louis Bouyer, Eucharist: Theology and Spirituality of the Eucharistic Prayer

Alan P. Johnson, The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and Doctrines Related Thereto (an LDS work specifically on the Eucharist)

Dennis E. Smith, From Symposium to Eucharist: The Banquet in the Early Christian World

Francis J. Moloney, A Body Broken for a Broken People: Eucharist in the New Testament

Eugene A. LaVerdiere, The Breaking of the Bread: The Development of the Eucharist According to the Acts

Ralph N. McMichael, Eucharist: A Guide for the Perplexed

Laurence Hull Stookey, Eucharist: Christ's Feast with the Church

The Eucharist In The New Testament: A Symposium, ed. J. Delorme

Willy Rordorf, The Eucharist of the Early Christians

Leonard J. Swidler, The Eucharist in ecumenical dialogue

Scott Hahn, The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth


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