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Introduction to the Course
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Week 1: Prologue
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Week 2: Nicodemus
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Week 3: Woman at the Well
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Week 4: The Bread of Life
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Week 5: Man Born Blind
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Week 6: Lazarus
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Week 7: The Last Supper
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Week 8: Resurrection
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 with Centurion”, www.poolpaintings.com
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