medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture

This is rather early for medievalists, but might still be of interest: A recent article (April 23rd) in The Economist - not a journal many medrel subscribers read? - has an article entitled 'An Easter enigma' which asks 'Whatever happens to the Hebrew Christians' in a discussion of the discovery of 'a collection of lead codices which might, if they are genuine, throw light on the missing links in Christian and Jewish history.' The article concludes 'by stirring a discussion about the resonance of certain images to Jews and Christians alike, the lead objects have refocused attention on a deep but contentious commonality.' There may well be an online link to this story, but The Economist should be available in most decent-sized libraries.

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.

Cate Gunn

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