WHO EATS AND WHO IS EATEN IN ISA 25:6–8? THINKING ABOUT THE 'ESCHATOLOGICAL BANQUET' WITH A LOOK INTO THE LXX
WHO EATS AND WHO IS EATEN IN ISA 25:6–8? THINKING ABOUT THE 'ESCHATOLOGICAL BANQUET' WITH A LOOK INTO THE LXX

Summary/Abstract: This paper shows one example of why it is essential for biblical scholars of all fields to be familiar with the LXX and its exegesis. The study is conducted with regard to Isa 25:6–8, the so-called ‘eschatological banquet’ on Zion. The MT and LXX texts are compared and important differences between both versions are pointed out before the question is asked what the differences mean for an intertextually informed exegesis of the accounts of Jesus’ last supper in the Synoptic Gospels. The paper argues that reading Isa25:6–8 in its LXX version as an intertext for the stories of the last supper changes the undertone set by the intertextual connection. It is not the motif of the celebratory banquet anymore that is in the foreground but instead the expectancy of triumph over the enemies and hope for consolation.

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