THE LAMB'S HIGH FEAST

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

1 Melito, Sardis and the Quartodecimans

1.1 General Introduction

1.1.1 Melito of Sardis and the Quartodecimans

1.1.2 The Discovery and Identification of Peri Pascha

1.1.3 Sardis

1.1.4 Conclusion

1.2 The Quartodeciman Christian Tradition

1.2.1 Christianity at Sardis

1.2.2 Other Manifestations of Quartodeciman Tradition

1.3 Conclusion

2 Jewish and Christian Pascha

2.1 The form of the Paschal Celebration

2.1.1 The Origins of the Passover Haggadah

2.1.2 The Date and Origin of the Passover Seder

2.1.3 The Passover in the Johannine Tradition

2.1.4 The Haggadah within the Seder

2.1.5 Conclusion

2.2 The Function of Paschal Observance

2.3 Conclusion

3 The Form and Function of Peri Pascha

3.1 The Genre of Peri Pascha

3.1.1 Peri Pascha as Homily

3.1.2 Peri Pascha as Haggadah

3.1.3 Peri Pascha as Diatribe

3.1.4 Peri Pascha as Epideixis

3.1.5 Peri Pascha as Rhetorical History

3.1.6 Peri Pascha as Allegory

3.1.7 Peri Pascha as Targum

3.1.8 Peri Pascha as Liturgical Hymn

3.1.9 Peri Pascha as Midrash

3.1.10 Conclusion

3.2. The Form and Function of Peri Pascha

3.2.1 The Forms of Peri Pascha

3.2.2 The Division of Peri Pascha

3.2.3 The Function of Peri Pascha

4 Peri Pascha and the Quartodeciman Paschal Liturgy

4.1 The Background and Setting of the Quartodeciman Paschal Liturgy

4.1.1 The Subject of Quartodeciman Commemoration

4.1.2 The Significance of the Fourteenth

4.1.3 Peri Pascha and the Paschal Disputes

4.1.4 The Quartodeciman Paschal Fast

4.1.5 The Date and Time of the Quartodeciman Celebration

4.2 The Quartodeciman Celebration

4.2.1 The Reading of Exodus

4.2.2 The Question of Baptism

4.2.3 The Quartodecimans and Messianic Expectation

4.2.4 The Celebration of Pascha

4.2.5 The Place of Peri Pascha

4.2.6 The Development of the Quartodeciman Celebration

4.2.7 Conclusion: Peri Pascha and the Quartodeciman Paschal Liturgy

Bibliography

Indices

General Index

Index of References

A Biblical, Christian and Jewish Authors

B Index of Classical Authors

C Index of Modern Authors

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