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Passover and Easter : origin and history to modern times
- Title
- Passover and Easter : origin and history to modern times / edited by Paul F. Bradshaw and Lawrence A. Hoffman.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c1999.
- Description
- vii, 252 p. ; 22 cm.
- Other contributors
- Bradshaw, Paul F. Hoffman, Lawrence A., 1942-
- Series
- Two liturgical traditions v. 5
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Introductory overviews. Easter in Christian tradition / Paul F. Bradshaw. The Passover meal in Jewish tradition / Lawrence A. Hoffman
- pt. 1. Origins in antiquity. Meal customs in the Greco-Roman world / Blake Leyerle. Towards a history of the Paschal meal / Joseph Tabory. The origins of Easter / Paul F. Bradshaw. Easter and Passover as early Jewish-Christian dialogue / Israel J. Yuval
- pt. 2. Medieval developments. Passover in the Middle Ages / Israel J. Yuval. Holy Week and Easter in the Middle Ages / Joanne M. Pierce
- pt. 3. Modern transformations. The modern transformation of the ancient Passover Haggadah / Carole B. Balin. Revising Holy Week and Easter rites / John Allyn Melloh.
- Subject headings
- Easter--History. Passover--History. Judaism--Relations--Christianity Christianity and other religions--Judaism
- ISBN
- 0268038570 (cloth : alk. paper) 0268038597 (pbk. : alk. paper)