The Passover Seder and the Last Supper

The Passover Seder and the Last Supper: Jewish and Christian Traditions in Dialogue and Competition From the earliest stages of biblical exegesis, through the Middle Ages and down to the present day, Jews and Christians have engaged in creative, if often polemical, discourse about the meaning of the Seder and the Passover narrative.  Through the examination of biblical and post-biblical texts, participants will learn about the processes that have shaped these respective liturgies and interpretative traditions.