500: David Rudolph — Passover

About this episode

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the impact of the Council of Nicaea on the dating of Easter with Rabbi Dr. David Rudolph.

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Rabbi Dr. David Rudolph, program director and professor at The King’s University, to talk about how the Council of Nicaea affected the dating of Easter and the implications of that for the Church and the Jewish people. Sign Up for the BEMA Messenger “The Council of Nicaea, the Dating of Easter, and Its Implications Concerning the Church’s Relationship to the Jewish People” by David Rudolph, Ph.D. Yachad BeYeshua Introduction to Messianic Judaism (Zondervan), edited by David J. Rudolph et al. A Jew to the Jews by David J. Rudolph Oxford Handbook on Jewish Christianity and Messianic Judaism [coming soon] Messianic Study Bible (Zondervan) [coming soon] “The Science of Worship” ( Bulletin of Ecclesial Theology ) via David’s website Covenant and the People of God , edited by David J. Rudolph, Jennifer M. Rosner, et al. New Testament after Supersessionism, David Rudolph (series editor) — Wipf and Stock The Voice of the Lord: Messianic Jewish Daily Devotional , edited by David J. Rudolph David’s website Special Guest: David Rudolph. Support The BEMA Podcast

People in this episode

Hosts: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

Guest: David Rudolph

Topics covered

• Passover
• Council of Nicaea
• Easter dating
• Church and Jewish relationship
• Messianic Judaism

Keywords

• Passover
• Council of Nicaea
• Easter
• Jewish people
• Messianic Judaism
• David Rudolph

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The King’s University

Books & works: The Council of Nicaea, the Dating of Easter, and Its Implications Concerning the Church’s Relationship to the Jewish People, Yachad BeYeshua Introduction to Messianic Judaism, A Jew to the Jews, Oxford Handbook on Jewish Christianity and Messianic Judaism, Covenant and the People of God, New Testament after Supersessionism, The Voice of the Lord: Messianic Jewish Daily Devotional

More episodes of The BEMA Podcast

• 505: The Four Pillars — Discipleship · June 4, 2026 · 51 min
• 504: The Four Pillars — Coming Home to Community · May 21, 2026 · 39 min
• 503: The Four Pillars — Japanese Woodworking Joint · May 7, 2026 · 32 min
• 502: The Four Pillars — Community · April 23, 2026 · 51 min
• 501: The Four Pillars — Tome at the Center of the Spiral · April 9, 2026 · 54 min
• 499: The Four Pillars — Truth in Text · March 12, 2026 · 54 min