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The Passover Haggadah - A Biography (Hardcover) Loot Price: R573
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The Passover Haggadah - A Biography (Hardcover): Vanessa L. Ochs

The Passover Haggadah - A Biography (Hardcover)

Vanessa L. Ochs

Series: Lives of Great Religious Books

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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 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.

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Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Lives of Great Religious Books
Release date: March 2020
First published: 2020
Authors: Vanessa L. Ochs
Dimensions: 194 x 114 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Rough front
Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-14498-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
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LSN: 0-691-14498-2
Barcode: 9780691144986

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