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The Passover Haggadah: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books Book 51) by Vanessa L Ochs; Princeton University Press is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Passover Haggadah: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books Book 51) about?

The life and times of a treasured book read by generations of Jewish families at the seder table Every 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 in illuminated manuscripts in the medieval period, and its mass production w

Who reads The Passover Haggadah: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books Book 51)?

Author

Vanessa L Ochs; Princeton University Press

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691144986

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Science, Judaism