The results of this study can be summed up as follows. First, we saw that both the Old Testament and ancient Jewish literature outside the Bible bears witness to a vibrant expectation of a great eschatological feast that would take place in the age of salvation. In Scripture itself, this banquet would consist of the ingathering of Israel and the Gentiles, the forgiveness of sins, and the overthrow of death. In later Jewish literature, the banquet became directly tied to other ancient hopes, such