Passion Week

Palm Sunday: The most anti-Semitic time of the Christian calendar

By Jason Byassee — April 3, 2020
(RNS) — Christians can explain away Holy Week Gospel readings as internecine rivalry between Jewish sects. But we still have to answer for the shadow of anti-Semitism, which became a monster.

A fresh take on Lent from Jewish New Testament professor Amy-Jill Levine

By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 7, 2019
(RNS) — 'If I’m not a believer in Jesus, and I think these are fabulous stories, how much more so should somebody who’s a Christian find extraordinary meaning in them?' Vanderbilt Divinity School Professor Amy-Jill Levine says of the stories of Holy Week.
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