Book Review

The meaning of Jesus in the context of Judaism

Culture
Mar 30, 2011

JESUS AND THE JEWISH ROOTS OF THE EUCHARIST: UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF THE LAST SUPPER
By Brant Pitre
Published by Doubleday, $21.99

Brant Pitre, a young conservative Catholic scripture scholar who is already a full professor of sacred scripture at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans and has been on the lecture, retreat and blog circuits for some five years, has published his first popularly oriented book, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper. It will not be his last.

Book Review

Lessons learned from an old religious war

Culture
May 21, 2010

MARTYRS AND MURDERERS: THE GUISE FAMILY AND THE MAKING OF EUROPE
By Stuart Carroll
Published by Oxford University Press, $34.95

Had I not promised to review Martyrs and Murderers: The Guise Family and the Making of Europe, I probably would not have read beyond the eighth page, yet it wound up teaching me, or at least dramatically reminding me of, something important.