The Last Supper – Additional Resources

Further Reading:

Frances Taylor Gench, “The Anointing and Washing of Feet” in Encounters with
Jesus (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007) 94-105.

More challenging:

Harold W. Attridge, “The Restless Quest for the Beloved Disciple,” in David
H. Warren, Ann Graham Brock, and David W. Pao., eds., Early Christian Voices: In Texts, Traditions, and Symbols: Essays in Honor of Francois Bovon (BIS 66; Leiden: Brill, 2003) 71-80.

Jerome H. Neyrey, S. J., “The Footwashing in John 13:6–11: Transformation Ritual or Ceremony?” in L. Michael White and O. Larry Yarbrough, eds., The Social World of the First Christians: Essays in Honor of Wayne A. Meeks (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995) 198–213

Articles: (click to view)

• “John and the Institution of the Lord’s Supper”, by Daniel Augsburger
• “Why John’s Gospel Doesn’t Record Jesus’ Institution of the Lord’s Supper”, by Wyatt Graham
• “The Last Supper”, New World Encyclopedia
• “Jerusalem in the New Testament Period”, by Mark A. Chancey
• “Festivals in the Hebrew Bible (Deuteronomy 16)”, by Laura Quick
• “Why is John’s last supper so different?”, by Chris Blumhofer

Art: (click to view)

• “The Sacrament of the Last Supper”, Salvador Dali, 1955
• “The Arrest of Christ”, Giotto di Bondone, 1304-06
• “Christ and the Centurion”, Paulo Veronese

Videos: (click to view)

The Last Supper, Dr. Harold Attridge

Podcasts: (click to access)

• “No Longer Servants, But Friends” (Maundy Thursday), Chapter, Verse, and Season: A Lectionary Podcast
• “Crucified Until the End of the World” (Good Friday), Chapter, Verse, and Season: A Lectionary Podcast
• “Freed to Serve” (Maundy Thursday), Chapter, Verse, and Season: A Lectionary Podcast