THE MYSTERY OF THE LAST SUPPER
Reconstructing the final days of Jesus
By Colin J. Humphreys. Cambridge University Press. 244 pages. £14.99
ISBN 978 0 521 732 000
Scholars have said that there appear to be a number of problems in understanding what actually happened in the week of Christ’s crucifixion.
Not least of these is the fact that nothing seems to be recorded as having happened on the Wednesday and the apparent contradictions between John and the Synoptic Gospels concerning the time of the Passover meal.
The re-emergence of heavy shepherds
What would you think if you received a letter from your church leaders that read like this? ‘Are church members …