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The life and times of a treasured book read by generations of Jewish families at the seder tableEvery year at Passover, Jews around the world gather for the seder, a festive meal where family and friends come together to sing, pray, and enjoy traditional food while retelling the biblical story of the Exodus. The Passover Haggadah provides the script for the meal and is a religious text unlike any other. It is the only sacred book available in so many varieties-from the Maxwell House edition of the 1930s to the countercultural Freedom Seder-and it is the rare liturgical work that allows people with limited knowledge to conduct a complex religious service. The Haggadah is also the only religious book given away for free at grocery stores as a promotion. Vanessa Ochs tells the story of this beloved book, from its emergence in antiquity as an oral practice to its vibrant proliferation today.Ochs provides a lively and incisive account of how the foundational Jewish narrative of liberation is remembered in the Haggadah. She discusses the book's origins in biblical and rabbinical literature, its flourishing as illuminated manuscripts in the medieval period, and its mass production with the advent of the printing press. She looks at Haggadot created on the kibbutz, those reflecting the Holocaust, feminist and LGBTQ-themed Haggadot, and even one featuring a popular television show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Ochs shows how this enduring work of liturgy that once served to transmit Jewish identity in Jewish settings continues to be reinterpreted and reimagined to share the message of freedom for all.
Haggadot --- History and criticism. --- Haggadah --- History. --- 30 Minute Seder. --- Amsterdam Haggadah. --- Birds’ Head Haggadah. --- Jewish Diaspora. --- Jewish family life. --- Jewish holidays. --- Judaica. --- Man’s Search for Meaning. --- Midrash. --- Mishnah. --- Moses. --- Moshe Rosenberg. --- My People’s Passover Haggadah. --- Passover recipes. --- Passover seder. --- Passover songs. --- Pesach. --- Robert Kopman. --- Sarajevo Haggadah. --- Talmud. --- The (unofficial) Hogwarts Haggadah. --- Viktor E. Frankl. --- Washington Haggadah. --- classic Passover songs. --- fourteenth day of Nisan. --- matzah. --- seder plate. --- seder recipes. --- ten plagues. --- the Exodus. --- the four questions. --- why is this night different from all other nights.
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The Historical Jesus in Context is a landmark collection that places the gospel narratives in their full literary, social, and archaeological context. More than twenty-five internationally recognized experts offer new translations and descriptions of a broad range of texts that shed new light on the Jesus of history, including pagan prayers and private inscriptions, miracle tales and martyrdoms, parables and fables, divorce decrees and imperial propaganda. The translated materials--from Christian, Coptic, and Jewish as well as Greek, Roman, and Egyptian texts--extend beyond single phrases to encompass the full context, thus allowing readers to locate Jesus in a broader cultural setting than is usually made available. This book demonstrates that only by knowing the world in which Jesus lived and taught can we fully understand him, his message, and the spread of the Gospel. Gathering in one place material that was previously available only in disparate sources, this formidable book provides innovative insight into matters no less grand than first-century Jewish and Gentile life, the composition of the Gospels, and Jesus himself.
Jesus Christ --- Divinity. --- Historicity. --- Resurrection. --- 2 Maccabees. --- Amy-Jill Levine. --- Anointing. --- Apuleius. --- Asclepius. --- Bible. --- Bibliography. --- Book of Deuteronomy. --- Book of Leviticus. --- Books of Kings. --- Books of Samuel. --- Burial. --- Caiaphas. --- Christian. --- Christianity and Judaism. --- Christianity. --- Christology. --- Crucifixion of Jesus. --- Dead Sea Scrolls. --- Deity. --- Dionysus. --- Dowry. --- Early Christianity. --- Elijah. --- Ephesus. --- Essenes. --- Eucharist. --- Exegesis. --- Ezekiel. --- Galilean. --- Gentile. --- God. --- Haggadah. --- Hebrew Bible. --- Hebrew language. --- Hebrews. --- Hellenistic period. --- Herod the Great. --- Historical Jesus. --- Imperial cult (ancient Rome). --- Isaiah 53. --- Israelites. --- Jewish Christian. --- Jewish literature. --- Jews. --- John the Baptist. --- Judaism. --- Judea (Roman province). --- Judea. --- Land of Israel. --- Life of Apollonius of Tyana. --- Literature. --- Lord's Prayer. --- Martyr. --- Meal. --- Melchizedek. --- Messiah. --- Midrash. --- Mishnah. --- Mithraism. --- Mithras Liturgy. --- Narrative. --- New Testament. --- Old Testament. --- Parable. --- Passover Seder. --- Passover. --- Persecution. --- Pharisees. --- Philosopher. --- Philostratus. --- Piety. --- Pontius Pilate. --- Psalms. --- Pseudepigrapha. --- Qumran. --- Rabbi. --- Rabbinic literature. --- Religion. --- Religious text. --- Righteousness. --- Rite. --- Ritual purification. --- Roman Empire. --- Septuagint. --- Sermon. --- Suetonius. --- Synoptic Gospels. --- Talmud. --- Tanakh. --- Targum. --- Teacher of Righteousness. --- Temple Mount. --- Temple in Jerusalem. --- Theology. --- Torah. --- Trajan. --- Turnus. --- Writing. --- Zechariah (Hebrew prophet).
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