Product Description: English summary: The baptismal Eucharist represents both the ultimate goal and the high point of the initiation process in almost all known ancient ecclesiastical liturgies. In this study, written from the perspectives of exegesis and literary history, Hans-Ulrich Weidemann analyzes the origins of the connection between baptism and the ritual feast against the background of diverse feasting practice in early Christianity...read more

Product Description: In the Gospel of John, Jesus' death is taken as a theme in discoursive and narrative texts. Starting with John 14,29 the study works from the premise that the first farewell speech (John 13,31-14,31) with its eschatology and pneumatology, but also with its announcement of Jesus' confrontation with the Devil, is the key text and commentary for the Passion and Easter story (John 18-20)...read more