Passover and Easter always arrive at the same season—this year, just days apart—and that is no accident. In fact, some of Christianity’s core ideas, images and theological convictions can be traced ...

The Last Supper has long been a source of academic controversy and half-baked speculation. From the Council of Trent to The Da Vinci Code, church officials, scholars, and conspiracy theorists have ...

For Christians as well as Jews, Passover – beginning at sundown Friday and ending at sundown on April 7 – is a particularly important holiday. You say that Christians don’t celebrate Passover? But of ...

What would your reaction be upon hearing that Mary, not John the Apostle, was the figure sitting next to Jesus in da Vinci’s portrayal of the Jewish seder on the evening before the start of Passover?

A Response to ‘Jesus Didn’t Eat a Seder Meal.’ Recently, Christianity Today published an article entitled, “Jesus Didn’t Eat a Seder Meal: Why Christians Shouldn’t Either” by rabbis Yehiel E. Poupko ...

This story was first published in 2018 and has been updated for 2022. This week brings two major religious holidays — Easter and Passover. As in many years past, they share calendar space in 2022. At ...

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A version of this post was first published in March 2018. This story has been updated with information for holidays in 2019. The coming days bring two major religious holidays — Easter and Passover.