The difference in date between Passover and Easter is only the external sign of a division between Jews and Christians that has resulted in the darkest chapters of Christian history.

Ancient Israel’s priests would be aghast at the moral pollution of the earth: the brazen slaughter of thousands, millions dying of hunger, while the free world silently changes the channel.

They did not communicate a hidden meaning when they were told by Jesus. The parables could be understood by all.

Whether real or utopian, the laws in Leviticus seem to be a more sensitive safeguard against pauperization than we, here and now, have devised.

The apostles were radically opposed to any church hierarchy.

The biblical prohibition is addressed only to Israel. It is incorrect to apply it on a universal scale.