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Compiled by Fr. William
Harmless, S.J.
With special emphasis for books in the collection of Byrne Library,
Spring Hill College
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BIBLIOGRAPHY: History of the Eucharist
- Surveys & Introductions
- Eucharist in the New Testament
- The Eucharist in the East: The Early Greek
& Syrian Traditions
- The Eucharist in the West: Roman, African
& Gallican Traditions
- The Eucharist in the Middle Ages
- The Lord’s Supper in the
Reformation
- The Jewish Roots of Christian Worship
1. Surveys & Introductions
- Enrico Mazza, The Celebration of the Eucharist: The
Origin of the Rite and the Development of Its Interpretation, trans.
Matthew J. O’Connell (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1999)
paperback, $40. NEW. A fine up-to-date and unusually thorough survey of the
history of the eucharist.
- Adolf Adam, The Eucharistic Celebration: The Source and
Summit of Faith, trans. Robert C. Schultz (Collegeville, MN: The
Liturgical Press, 1994) paperback, $13.
- Gerard Austin, Eucharist Toward the Third Millennium
(Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1997) paperback, $9.
- Paul F. Bradshaw, The Search for the Origins of
Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1992) paperback, $20.
- Louis Bouyer, Eucharist: Theology and Spirituality of
the Eucharistic Prayer, trans. Charles U. Quinn (Notre Dame: University
of Notre Dame Press, 1968) paperback, $20.
- Robert Cabié, The Eucharist, Vol. 2 of The
Church at Prayer, ed. A.G. Martimort (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical
Press, 1986).
- Anscar J. Chupungco, ed., The Eucharist, vol. 3 of Handbook
for Liturgical Studies, 3 vol. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press,
1999) paperback, $50. NEW.
- William R. Crockett, Eucharist: Symbol of Transformation
(New York: Pueblo, 1989 / Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press) paperback,
$16.
- Gregory Dix, The Shape of the Liturgy (London:
Westminster, 1945). Dated in many respects, but one of the most influential
studies of the century.
- Johannes Emminghaus, The Eucharist: Essence, Form,
Celebration, 2nd ed. (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press,
1997) paperback, $20. A fine brief introduction.
- Edward Foley, From Age to Age: How Christians Celebrated
the Eucharist (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1991) paperback,
$18.
- Josef A. Jungmann, The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its
Origins and Development, trans. Francis A. Brunner (reprint of 1956
edition: Westminster, MD: Christian Classics, 1986). Dated, but an
extraordinary scholarly achievement, and deeply influential on the shape of
the post-Vatican II eucharist.
- Ralph A. Keifer, Blessed and Broken: An Exploration of
the Contemporary Experience of God in Eucharistic Celebration
(Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1982).
- Edward J. Kilmartin, The Eucharist in the West: History
and Theology, ed. Robert J. Daly (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press
[A Pueblo Book], 1999) hardcover, $50.
- Theodor Klauser, A Short History of the Western Liturgy,
2nd ed., trans. John Halliburton (New York: Oxford University
Press, 1979) paperback, $22.
- Bernard J. Lee, ed., Alternative Futures for Worship:
Volume 3: Eucharist (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1987).
- Gary Macy, The Banquet’s Wisdom: A Short History of
the Theologies of the Lord’s Supper (New York: Paulist Press, 1992)
paperback, $13.
- Marcel Metzger, History of the Liturgy: The Major Stages,
trans. Madeleine Beaumont (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1997)
paperback, $17.
- Paul McPartlan, Sacrament of Salvation: An Introduction
to Eucharistic Ecclesiology (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1995) paperback,
$25.
- James-Charles Noonan, Jr., The Church Visible: The
Ceremonial Life and Protocol of the Roman Catholic Church (New York:
Viking, 1996).
- Michael O’Carroll, Corpus Christi: An Encyclopedia of
the Eucharist (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1988).
- David N. Power, The Eucharistic Mystery: Revitalizing
the Tradition (New York: Crossroads, 1992) paperback, $30.
- Kevin Seasoltz, ed., Living Bread, Saving Cup: Readings
on the Eucharist (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1982)
paperback, $15. A valuable collection of essays.
- Herman Wegman, Christian Worship in East and West: A
Study Guide to Liturgical History, trans. Gordon Latrop (New York:
Pueblo / Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1985).
2. Eucharist in the New Testament
- Bruce Chilton, Jesus’ Prayer and Jesus’ Eucharist:
His Personal Practice of Spirituality (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press
International, 1997) paperback, $9.
- Joachim Jeremias, The Eucharistic Words of Jesus
(New York: Scribners, 1966). Jeremias was one of the great exegetes of the
century. This is a classic study.
- Jerome Kodell, The Eucharist in the New Testament,
Zacchaeus Studies (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier / Collegeville, MN: The
Liturgical Press, 1988) paperback, $12.
- Eugene LaVerdiere, The Eucharist in the New Testament
and in the Early Church (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996)
paperback, $18.
- Eugene LaVerdiere, Dining in the Kingdom: Origins of
Eucharist in Luke (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1994)
paperback, $12.
- Xavier Leon-Dufour, Sharing the Eucharistic Bread: The
Witness of the New Testament (New York: Paulist Press, 1986).
- Francis J. Maloney & Xavier Leon-Dufour, A Body
Broken for a Broken People: Eucharist in the New Testament, rev. ed.
(Hendrickson, 1997) paperback, $15.
- Jerome Murphy O’Connor, "Eucharist and Communion in
First Corinthians" Worship 50 (1976) 370-385 & 51 (1977)
56-69.
- Philippe Rouillard, "From Human Meal to Christian
Eucharist," Worship 52 (1978) 435-439 & 53 (1979) 40-56.
- John Reumann, The Supper of the Lord: The New Testament
Ecumenical Dialogues, and Faith and Order on Eucharist (Philadelphia:
Fortress Press, 1985).
3. The Eucharist in the East: The Early
Greek & Syrian Traditions
- Joseph P. Amar, "Perspectives on the Eucharist in
Ephrem the Syrian," Worship 61 (1987) 441-454.
- John F. Baldovin, Liturgy in Ancient Jerusalem,
Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 9, Grove Liturgical Study #57 (Bramcote:
Grove Books Limited, 1989).
- R.J.S. Barrett-Lennard, ed., The Sacramentary of
Sarapion of Thmuis: A Text for Students, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study
25 (Bramcote: Grove Books Limited, 1993).
- Paul F. Bradshaw, ed., The Canons of Hippolytus,
Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 2, Grove Liturgical Study 50 (Bramcote: Grove
Books Limited, 1987).
- Geoffrey J. Cuming, The Liturgy of St. Mark,
Orientalia Christiana Analecta #234 (Rome: Edizioni Orientalia Christiana,
1990).
- Emmanuel J. Cutrone, "The Anaphora of the Apostles:
Implications of the Mar Esa’ya Text," Theological Studies 34
(1973) 624-642.
- Emmanuel J. Cutrone, "Cyril’s Mystagogical
Catecheses and the Evolution of the Jerusalem Anaphora," Orientalia
Christiana Periodica XLIV (1978) 52-64.
- Emmanuel J. Cutrone, "The Lord’s Prayer and the
Eucharist: The Syrian Tradition," Eulogema: Studies in Honor of
Robert Taft, S.J., Studia Anselmiana 110 (Roma, 1993) 93-106.
- Emmanuel J. Cutrone, "Prayers over the Cup: Witness of
Early Documents," in Tuvaik: Studies in Honour of Revd. Dr. Jacob
Vellian, Syrian Churches Series XVI (Kottayam, 1995).
- Peter Day, The Liturgical Dictionary of Eastern
Christianity (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1993).
- John R.K. Fenwick, ed., ‘The Missing Oblation’: The
Contents of the Early Antiochene Anaphora, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical
Study 11, Grove Liturgical Study 59 (Bramcote: Grove Books Limited, 1989).
- John R.K. Fenwick, The Anaphoras of St. Basil and St.
James: An Investigation into Their Common Origin, Orientalia Christiana
Analecta #240 (Rome: Edizioni Orientalia Christiana, 1992).
- Everett Ferguson, ed., Worship in Early Christianity,
Studies in Early Christianity: A Collection of Scholarly Essays, vol. 15
(New York: Garland Publishing, 1993).
- Anthony Gelston, The Eucharistic Prayer of Addai and
Mari (New York: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1992).
- Clayton N. Jefford, ed., The Didache in Context: Essays
on Its Text, History and Transmission, Supplement to the Novum
Testamentum (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995):
- Raymond Johanny, ed., The Eucharist of the Early
Christians (New York: Pueblo Books, 1978 / Collegeville, MN: The
Liturgical Press).
- Maxwell E. Johnson, The Prayers of Sarapion of Thmuis: A
Literary, Liturgical, and Theological Analysis, Orientalia Christiana
Analecta 249 (Rome: Pontificio Instituto Orientale, 1995) paperback, $20.
- Kurt Niederwimmer, The Didache: A Commentary, Hermeneia:
A Critical & Historical Commentary on the Bible, trans. Linda M.
Maloney (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998).
- L. Edward Phillips, The Ritual Kiss in Early Christian
Worship, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study #36 (Cambridge: Grove Books,
1996).
- Hans-Joachim Schulz, The Byzantine Liturgy: Symbolic
Structure and Faith Expression, trans. Matthew J. O’Connell (New York:
Pueblo, 1986 / Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press) paperback, $18.
- Daniel J. Sheerin, The Eucharist, Message of the
Fathers of the Church (Wilmington: Michael Glazier / Collegeville, MN: The
Liturgical Press, 1986) paperback, $20. A valuable collection of original
texts: sermons, prayers, hymns, and narratives.
- Bryan D. Spinks, Worship: Prayers from the East
(Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1993) paperback, $15.
- Bryan D. Spinks, Addai and Mari: A Text for Students,
Grove Liturgical Study #24 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1980).
- Robert F. Taft, The Byzantine Rite: A Short History,
American Essays in Liturgy (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1992)
paperback, $7.
- Robert F. Taft, The Great Entrance: A History of the
Transfer of Gifts and Preanaphoral Rites of the Liturgy of St. John
Chrysostom, Orientalia Christiana Analecta #200 (Rome: Edizioni
Orientalia Christiana, 1978).
- Phillip Tovey, The Liturgy of St. James As Presently
Used, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study #40 (Cambridge: Grove Books, 1998).
- Gabriele Winkler, Studies in Early Christian Liturgy and
Its Context: Byzantium, Syria, Armenia, Variorum Collected Studies
Series 593 (Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1997) hardcover, $95.
4. The Eucharist in the West: Roman,
African & Gallican Traditions
- D. Callam, "The Frequency of the Mass in the Latin
Church, ca. 400," Theological Studies 45 (1985) 615-626.
- Geoffrey J. Cuming, ed., Essays on Hippolytus, Grove
Liturgical Study #15 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1978).
- Everett Ferguson, ed., Worship in Early Christianity,
Studies in Early Christianity: A Collection of Scholarly Essays, vol. 15
(New York: Garland Publishing, 1993).
- Gordon P. Jeanes, ed., The Origins of the Roman Rite,
Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 20, Grove Liturgical Study #67 (Bramcote:
Grove Books, 1991).
- Raymond Johanny, ed., The Eucharist of the Early
Christians (New York: Pueblo Books, 1978 / Collegeville, MN: The
Liturgical Press). Excellent brief articles.
- Josef A. Jungmann, The Early Liturgy: To the Time of
Gregory the Great, trans. Francis Brunner (Notre Dame: University of
Notre Dame Press, 1959). Quite dated, but some valuable perspective.
- Gordon W. Lathrop, "Justin: Eucharist and Sacrifice: A
Case Metaphor," Worship (1990) 30-48.
- Andrew McGowan, Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in
Early Christian Ritual Meals, Oxford Early Christian Studies (New York:
Oxford University Press, 1999) hardcover. NEW.
- David N. Power, Irenaeus of Lyons on Baptism and
Eucharist: Selected Texts, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 18, Grove
Liturgical Study #65 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1991).
- Daniel J. Sheerin, The Eucharist, Message of the
Fathers of the Church (Wilmington, Del: Michael Glazier, Collegeville, MN:
The Liturgical Press, 1986) paperback, $20. A valuable collection of
original texts.
- Geoffrey Willis, Further Essays in the Early Roman
Liturgy, Alcuin Club Collections 50 (London: SPCK, 1968).
5. The Eucharist in the Middle Ages
- John Harper, The Forms and Orders of Western Liturgy
from the Tenth to the Eighteenth Century: A Historical Introduction for
Students and Musicians (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991)
paperback, $22.
- Lizette Larson-Miller, ed., Medieval Liturgy: A Book of
Essays (New York: Garland, 1997).
- Gary Macy, The Theologies of the Eucharist in the Early
Scholastic Period: A Study of the Salvific Function of the Sacrament
According to the Theologians c. 1080-1220 (Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1984).
- Gary Macy, Treasures from the Storeroom: Medieval
Religion and the Eucharist (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press,
1999) paperback, $25. NEW.
- Eric Palazzo, A History of Liturgical Books from the
Beginning to the Thirteenth Century, trans. Madeleine Beaumont
(Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1998) paperback, $33. NEW.
- Miri Rubin, Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late
Medieval Culture (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991)
paperback, $25.
- Rose Marie Walker, Views of Transition: Liturgy and
Illumination in Medieval Spain (Toronto: University of Toronto Press,
1999) hardcover, $75. NEW.
6. The Lord’s Supper in the
Reformation
- Adrian Burdon, The Preaching Service: The Glory of the
Methodists: A Study of the Piety, Ethos, and Development of the Methodist
Preaching Service, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 17, Grove Liturgical
Study 64 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1991).
- Horton Davies, Worship and Theology in England, 3
vol. (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997).
- Christopher Ellwood, The Body Broken: The Calvinist
Doctrine of the Eucharist and the Symbolization of Power in
Sixteenth-Century France, Oxford Studies in Historical Theology (New
York: Oxford University Press, 1998) hardcover, $50. NEW.
- David N. Power, The Sacrifice We Offer: The Tridentine
Dogma and its Reinterpretation (New York: Crossroad, 1987).
- Paul Rorem, Calvin and Bullinger on the Lord’s Supper,
Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 12 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1989).
- Frank Senn, Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical
(Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997) hardcover, $55. A massive survey of the
history of Christian worship. Senn gives special attention to Protestant
traditions.
- Bryan Spinks, Luther’s Liturgical Criteria and His
Reform of the Canon of the Mass, Grove Liturgical Study 30 (Bramcote:
Grove Books, 1982).
- Diane Tripp, Daily Prayer in the Reformed Tradition: An
Initial Survey, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 35 (Bramcote: Grove
Books, 1996).
- James F. White, Protestant Worship: Traditions in
Transition (Louisville: Westminster / John Knox, 1993) paperback, $27.
7. The Jewish Roots of Christian
Worship
- Jean-Paul Audet, "Esquisse historique du genre
litteraire de la bénédiction juive de l’eucharistie chrétienne," Revue
biblique 65 (1958) 371-399.
- Roger Beckwith, Daily and Weekly Worship: Jewish to
Christian, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 1, Grove Liturgical Study #57
(Bramcote: Grove Books Limited, 1987).
- Paul F. Bradshaw & Lawrence A. Hoffman, ed., The
Making of Jewish and Christian Worship, vol. 1 of Two Liturgical
Traditions (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 1992) paperback, $14.
- Paul F. Bradshaw & Lawrence A. Hoffman, ed., Life
Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship, vol. 4 of Two Liturgical
Traditions (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997) hardcover,
$33.
- Paul F. Bradshaw & Lawrence A. Hoffman, ed., Passover
and Easter: Origin and History to Modern Times, vol. 5: Two
Liturgical Traditions (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 1999)
hardcover, $38. NEW.
- Paul F. Bradshaw & Lawrence A. Hoffman, ed., Passover
and Easter: The Symbolic Structure of Sacred Seasons, vol. 6 of Two
Liturgical Traditions (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 2000)
hardcover, $38. NEW.
- Di Sante Carmine. Jewish Prayer: The Origins of
Christian Liturgy, trans. Matthew O’Connell (New York: Paulist Press,
1991) paperback, $15.
- Everett Ferguson, ed., Early Christianity and Judaism,
Studies in Early Christianity: A Collection of Scholarly Essays, vol. 6 (New
York: Garland Publishing, 1993).
- Eugene J. Fisher, The Jewish Roots of Christian Liturgy
(New York: Paulist, 1990).
- Hartmut Gese, "The Origin of the Lord’s
Supper," pp. 117-140, in Essays on Biblical Theology
(Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1981).
- Cesare Giraudo, La Struttura Letteraria della Preghiera
Eucharistica: Saggio sulla genesi litteraria di una forma toda
veterotestamentaria, Beraka Giudaica, Anafora Christiana, Analecta
Biblica 92 (Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1981).
- Clayton N. Jefford, ed., The Didache in Context: Essays
on Its Text, History, and Transmission, Supplement to the Novum
Testamentum (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995).
- Robert J. Ledogar, Acknowledgement: Praise Verbs in the
Early Greek Anaphoras (Rome: Herder, 1968).
- Thomas J. Talley, "From Berakah to Eucharistia: A
Reopening Question," Worship 50 (1976) 115-137.