The Polymorphous Pesah

Despite points of critical clarity in the scholarly tradition, the biblical account of Exodus 12 continues to be treated as a sufficiently coherent story of origins that relates how the Passover festival and the pesaḥ ritual were established and what makes all subsequent performances reenactments. T...

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Authors: Balberg, Mirah 1978- (Author) ; Chavel, Simeon 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2017]
In: Journal of ancient Judaism
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 292-343
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
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