Wine, Water and the Missing Symposium in Justin’s First Apology
Wine, Water and the Missing Symposium in Justin’s First Apology
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贾斯汀第一次道歉中的酒、水和失踪的研讨会
DOI:
10.1163/15700720-12341443
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发表时间:
2020
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0.2
通讯作者:
Benedikt
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作者:
Eckhardt;Benedikt
Justin’sFirst Apologycontains the longest extant description of an early Christian meal. This description (ch. 65-67) poses several problems, of which this short article singles out only two. On the level of textual criticism, an oft-discussed variant, rejected in all editions, suggests that the blessing is made over a cup of water, not wine. On the level of liturgical history, Justin’s Eucharist seems to contradict the view that early Christian meals resembled Graeco-Roman symposia. By combining the textual and the historical approach, this article offers a compromise. It is argued that water and not wine was indeed used during the opening ritual, but that the rest of the event did unfold as a symposium and hence included wine.