April 12, 2009

Easter Sunday

Somewhen some determinedly secular newspaper (if papers still exist then) will run an "On This Date" column for Easter Sunday which will include the following:

Resurrections this date: Jesus of Nazareth, 28? C.E.

Happy Easter, everybody.

Posted by Linkmeister at April 12, 2009 09:25 AM | TrackBack
Comments

And a Happy Easter to you. Thanks for the info.

Posted by: cassie-b at April 12, 2009 04:25 PM

If I understand the timeline of Christian mythology/dogma/origins, that's incorrect.

The Last Supper was on Maundy Thursday, right? The crucifixion was the next day, Good Friday, and the resurrection was on Easter Sunday.

Though Christianity tends to ignore the association, the Last Supper was actually the Passover seder. This year, the seder took place on Wednesday evening, so your timeline is off by one day-of-the-week. The anniversary of the resurrection would have been Saturday.

Posted by: N in Seattle at April 13, 2009 08:27 AM

In the somewhen, newspapers won't be able to afford fact-checkers (a trend we already see beginning).

Posted by: Linkmeister at April 13, 2009 09:23 AM