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Jesus’ Last Supper Still Wasn’t a Passover Seder Meal Many people still assume that Jesus’ Last Supper was a Seder, a ritual meal held in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Passover In this exclusive guest post, Boston University Professor of Religion Jonathan Klawans provides an update to his popular Bible Review article questioning this common assumption This post was originally published in Bible History Daily in 2016 —Ed
Love Your Neighbor: Only Israelites or Everyone? It appears in God’s first words to Abraham, in God’s first words to Isaac, and in God’s first words to Jacob: Your descendants’ purpose is to be that “all the nations families of the earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis 12:3; 26:2–4; 28:10–14)
Is the “Brother of Jesus” Inscription on the James Ossuary a Forgery . . . The purported ossuary (bone box) of James, the brother of Jesus, is back in the news, as questions concerning its authenticity continue to plague the world-famous relic The James Ossuary, as it’s come to be known, is a limestone bone box that bears an Aramaic inscription reading “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus ” Controversy—including charges of forgery—has surrounded this
The Only Ancient Jewish Male Hair Ever Found The braided hair of a Jewish woman was found at Masada but until recently, no example of preserved hair from a Jewish male had ever been found from the late 2nd Temple period This discovery is one of the many fascinating, but less publicized, finds of the 1st-century “Tomb of the Shroud,” discovered in the summer of 2000 just outside the Old City of Jerusalem The secrets this tomb
Did I Find King David’s Palace? - Biblical Archaeology Society In 1995, not long before he passed away, I spoke with my grandfather, Professor Benjamin Mazar of Hebrew University, about my idea I told him I thought there was a high likelihood of finding remains from King David’s palace near Kenyon’s Area H Aside from the archeological discoveries there, the site fit quite well with the notice in 2 Samuel 5:17, which describes David in the City of