The Qumran Meal and the Last Supper

Authors

John E. Groh, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

5-1-1970

Document Type

Article

Keywords

qumran meal, messiah, temple, banquet, essenes, josephus, wine and bread, israel, communal community, eschatological

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

The presence of "communal meals" among the Covenanters of Qumran has given birth to the question of the relationship of these meals to the Christian Eucharist as instituted by Jesus Christ. Kuhn notes that "the Qumran texts, as well as Josephus, agree that this order had, as its peculiar features, the constantly repeated baths of immersion and the daily communal meal of the community." Josephus describes the meals of the Essenes (presently considered to be the mother group of the Qumran Convenanters).

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Ezekiel 44:3-4; Exodus 23:16; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 18:4; Leviticus 23:11; Deuteronomy 16:9; Joshua 5:11; Leviticus 23:27; Leviticus 23:12-14;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Groh, John E. (1970) "The Qumran Meal and the Last Supper," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 41, Article 28.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol41/iss1/28