Sacrifice and Community: Jewish Offering and Christian Eucharist (Illuminations: Theory and Religion)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: January 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781405136891
Subjects: Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals; Sacrifice; Judaism - Rituals & Practice; Comparative Religion; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Judaism; Lord's Supper; Christian Rituals & Practice - General; History; CATHOLIC CHURCH_RELATIONS_JUDAISM; ISAAC (BIBLICAL PATRIARCH); JUDAISM_RELATIONS_CATHOLIC CHURCH; LORD'S SUPPER_SACRIFICE; Religion / Catholicism; Christianity - Theology - Soteriology; Theology; Catholic Church; Relations
First sentence: Jon D. Levenson points out that Israel, marked by desire to be in communion with all-holy God, recognizes that such communion is possible only, after sin, through sacrificial offering.