medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 04/05/2011 09:53, Cate Gunn wrote:
>
> And on the subject of journals medievalists tend not to read, a letter
> in the Financial Times of April 21st argued that 'there is no evidence
> that Jesus was crucified on a Friday.' The letter writer, Colin Nevin,
> points out that the celebration of takes place on Nisan 14, which can
> occur on any day of the week. Nevin argues that Jesus had the Passover
> meal (the last supper) after sunset on Nisan 14 and was crucifed 'the
> following daytime portion of Nisan 14', the next day being a rest day
> i.e. 'sabbath' (tho not necessarily a Saturday) fulfills the NT account
> that he was taken before the Sabbath. This year Nisan 14 fell on April 18.
As there seems to be a divergence on this point between John's Gospel
and the Synoptic Gospels, you are not going to get much further forward.
Not that the is really any evidence that the Last Supper was a Passover
meal anyway.
John Briggs
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