Jesus’ Table Practices
Joel Green points out that the TEXT of Luke actually displays the table practices of Jesus. In Luke 14, the scene is a meal in the home of a leading Pharisee, yet several people show up that we don’t expect to be at the home of a leading Pharisee: Jesus, and the man with dropsy (who would be considered marginal if not positively unclean). Luke’s cast of characters, in short, his “dramatis personae” is a textual display of the table fellowship of Jesus. All the wrong people at the table; all the wrong people in the text.
Peter Leithart
Peter J. Leithart is President of Theopolis Institute. He is the author of numerous books on theology, literature, and culture, including Theopolitan, Defending Constantine, and Baptized Body.
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