| > If you take the Bible at face value, then Jesus taught the Lord's Prayer before he gave the last supper (and long before it was ritualised later), so it doesn't quite follow. Except that in the Old Testament there was manna: > Manna (Hebrew: מָן mān, Greek: μάννα; Arabic: اَلْمَنُّ; sometimes or archaically spelled mana) is, according to the Bible, an edible substance which God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert during the 40-year period following the Exodus and prior to the conquest of Canaan. It is also mentioned in the Quran three times.[1] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna God (YHWH) feeding his people was a concept that the Jewish people of Jesus' time would be very familiar with. Bread was quite sacred even in the Old Testament, as the Ark of the Covenant contained, in addition to the Ten Commandment tablets (as we learned from Indiana Jones), there was manna as well: > And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the Lord to be kept throughout your generations.” As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the testimony to be kept. * Exodus 16:33–34 There was also to be cereal offerings/sacrifices made in the Temple: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_offering * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dough_offering See also unleavened bread during the Passover: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover#Matzah Dr. Brant Pitre has a book called Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist; presentation: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P45BHDRA7pU |
Mana is a Melanesian word for some sort of spiritual life force!