Two Notes on the Language Used in the Last Supper Accounts

by Robert S. Boylan

Overview

Abstract: The institution of the Lord's Supper is recounted explicitly in four New Testament texts (Matthew 26:26–29; Mark 14:22–25; Luke 22:19–20; 1 Corinthians 11:23–26). Common to all these texts is the phrase "this is my body," and in the Lukan and Pauline texts, the command to "do this in remembrance of me." In this paper, I will examine both the grammatical and theological implications of "this is my body" and the concept of "remembrance" in the theology of the Last Supper -- with how Latter-day Saints can appropriate such in their weekly observance of this sacred ordinance.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162048633
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	06/01/2018
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture , #28
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	105 KB

About the Author

Robert S. Boylan is a graduate of the Pontifical University of Ireland, Maynooth, and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, with degrees in theology and anthropology, with extensive research in biblical exegesis, history of interpretation, and historical theology. His main areas of focus are the Old World origins of the Book of Mormon and Latter-day Saint theology in light of the historical-critical method of exegesis. He blogs on these and related topics at ScripturalMormonism.blogspot.com. He has also written three books on theological issues: Not by Scripture Alone: A Latter-day Saint Refutation of Sola Scriptura (CreateSpace, 2017); Behold the Mother of My Lord: Towards a Mormon Mariology (CreateSpace, 2017) and After the Order of the Son of God: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Latter-day Saint Theology of the Priesthood (CreateSpace, 2018). He currently lives in Tralee, in the southwest of Ireland, and is pursuing qualifications in accountancy.