Examines how the celebration of Passover has changed, looks at its original form of observation, and discusses the religious texts concerning the holiday

Origins of Seder: The Passover Rite and Early Rabbinic Judaism

Religion & Spirituality

Bokser, Baruch M.

Worship & Devotion

Univ. Of California Pr.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.

Origins of the Seder: The Passover Rite and Early Rabbinic Judaism

Judaism

University of California Press

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.

The Origins of the Seder: The Passover Rite and Early Rabbinic Judaism

In the first through the sixth centuries of the common era, successive circles of rabbis in the Holy Land and Babylonia developed Rabbinic Judaism. Transforming the biblical Temple-oriented form of Judaism, they shaped a vision of Judaism centered around the piety of following and studying the Torah to achieve a sense of the divine in this world. This piety entailed both an intellectual and emotional dimension that spoke to individuals and that affected the developing synagogues and local communities of Jews. The rabbinic teachings were eventually compiled into the Talmud and Midrash in a manner that perpetuated the piety of study. 
These works do not offer clear cut decisions but invite the reader into the text to join in a chorus of voices and alternatives pursuing a discussion on the meaning of the Torah and what the divine demands of men and women in their everyday world. This version of Judaism soon became "classical" and would remain formative until modern times. The present volume provides an introduction to the spirituality of this movement. After reviewing the historical and religious background of the Talmud and how it treats diverse spheres of human life, the volume lets the Talmud speak in its own words. With extensive selections from the Talmud, it enables the reader to enter its world as it addresses the proper way of approaching and experiencing life.

The Talmud: Selected Writings (CLASSICS OF WESTERN SPIRITUALITY)

BOKSER, BEn Zion

Paulist Pr

The Passover and its rite are central in the history of Judaism and Christianity. Explaining hot the Passover evening celebration, the seder, became one of the most popular Jewish rituals, Baruch M. Bokser shows how it was based on and transformed a biblical sacrificial meal. Bokser demonstrates the significance of the motif of Passover inb ancient Judaism, indicating why Jews and Christians employted it to express hopes for redemption. And he also illuminates the process of historical development through the interaction of a traditional heritage with contemporaryand outside cultural influences. This is a fascinating book which will add much to our understanding of Judaism and Christianity and of the nature of religion in a changing world.

JTS Press

Post Mishnaic Judaism in Transition: Samuel on Berakhot and the Beginnings of Germara

UNKNO

Max Richter Conversation on the History of Judaism Providence 1980 5th, Bokser, Baruch M.

History of Judaism the Next Ten Years (Brown Judaic Studies)

Brown University

Max Richter Conversation on the History of Judaism Providence 1980 5th

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Origins of Seder: The Passover Rite and Early Rabbinic Judaism

Origins of the Seder: The Passover Rite and Early Rabbinic Judaism

The Origins of the Seder: The Passover Rite and Early Rabbinic Judaism

The Talmud: Selected Writings (CLASSICS OF WESTERN SPIRITUALITY)

The Origins of the Seder: The Passover Rite and Early Rabbinic Judaism

Post Mishnaic Judaism in Transition: Samuel on Berakhot and the Beginnings of Germara

Post Mishnaic Judaism in Transition: Samuel on Berakhot and the Beginnings of Germara

History of Judaism the Next Ten Years (Brown Judaic Studies)