The study assesses the main issues in the current debate about the early history of Pesach and Easter and provides new insights into the development of these two festivals. The author argues that the prescriptions of Exodus 12 provide the celebration of the Pesach in Jerusalem with an etiological background in order to connect the pilgrim festival with the story of the Exodus. The thesis that the Christian Easter evolved as a festival against a Jewish form of celebrating Pesach in the second century and that the development of Easter Sunday is dependent upon this custom is endorsed by the author's close study of relevant texts such as the Haggada of Pesach; the Poem of the four nights in the Palestinian Targum Tradition; the structure of the Easter vigil.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
De Gruyter
ISBN-13
9783110188578
eBay Product ID (ePID)
107449821
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Jewish Pesach and the Origins of the Christian Easter: Open Questions in Current Research
Author
Clemens Leonhard
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Religious History, Judaism
Publication Year
2006
Number of Pages
518 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
230mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
915g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Clemens Leonhard
Series Title
Studia Judaica
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
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