The Last Super story has several key words or phrases which show that it has been passed from the Jewish community and through the Greek-speaking community. One of these is the word “that”. In Scripting Jesus, L. Michael White teaches us that in Greek oral tradition the word “that” is used before a person directly… Continue reading →

In Scripting Jesus, L. Michael White compares and contrasts oral stories of the Last Supper in the letters from Paul to the church of Corinth and Luke from the books Matthew and Mark. Paul had written the earliest letters to Corinth between 50 and 60 ce, which was approximately 25 years after the earliest writings… Continue reading →