Was Jesus' Last Supper A Passover Seder?

About this episode

The episode discusses whether Jesus' Last Supper was a Passover Seder with expert Jonathan Klawans.

Jonathan Klawans is a specialist in the religion and religious literature of ancient Judaism and a Professor at Boston University. In 2001 he published an article titled 'Was Jesus' Last Supper a Seder?' that argued it was not a Passover meal nor a Seder and the article has received continued attention since its publication. You can find a link to his follow up article here. Send us Fan Mail

People in this episode

Guest: Jonathan Klawans

Topics covered

• Last Supper
• Passover
• Seder
• ancient Judaism
• religious literature

Keywords

• Jesus
• Last Supper
• Passover
• Seder
• Judaism
• religion
• ancient literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boston University

Books & works: Was Jesus' Last Supper a Seder?, Was Jesus' Last Supper a Passover Seder?

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