Monday, February 28, 2011

The Jewish Roots of the Eucharist

Brant Pitre's new book. Simcha Fischer, Hebrew Catholic, reviews it--and is quite excited. Excerpts:
Having celebrated thirty-five Passover Seders with my Hebrew Catholic family, I anticipated already knowing most of what Brant Pitre has to say in Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper. I already knew that Moses prefigured the Messiah to come; that the Last Supper was a Passover meal; that Jesus is both the paschal lamb and the unleavened bread eaten by the Jews, and that we celebrate this same mystery at Mass.

But, the details!...

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