The Old Testament has both a "deficit" and a "surplus" which might have an abiding significance for Christians. It has become clear from archaeological discoveries that Jewish societies formed an integral part of early Christian societies.
Michael Norten:The Bible describes the Spring feasts:Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread,Feast of First Fruits, andPentecost. It also describes the Fall feasts:Rosh Hashanah (feast of trumpets or blowing),Yom Kippur (day of atonement), and theFeast of Tabernacles. The feasts are...
Celebrating the feasts of the Old Testament in Christian contextsdoi:10.4102/HTS.V62I3.389Le Roux, MagdelHTS : Theological Studies
Taking care of the funerary feasts, wakes, lighting candles, preparing wafers, preparing Koliva (a type of sweet desert, made of germinated wheat that is served for the soul of a dead person), (just to mention some examples of the explicit roles the old woman assumes in the Orthodox practi...
Messiah in the Feasts of IsraelSam Nadler