The Jewish Pesach and the Origins of the Christian Easter

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ID19925192
AuthorsClemens Leonhard (0000-0002-5659-6785, corresponding author)
Year2006
Publication date2006-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueJewish Pesach and the Origins of the Christian Easter (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/9783110927818
OpenAlexW2475709527
ISBN9783110927818
Open LibraryOL12664796M
Google BooksEr-QZeW12tUC
LanguageEN
Citations received9

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

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Genealogy · Judaism · Literature · Order (exchange) · Pilgrim · Poetry · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Christianity · Christianity and other religions · Christianity and other religions, judaism · Easter · Eastertide (Liturgy) · Historiography · Liturgy · Paasfeest · Passover · Passover in the New Testament · Pesach · Relations · Religion · Religious festivals · Spirituality - General

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