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Passover
Passover The annual Jewish festival, held on the 14th of the month Nisan, which commemorated the saving events of the Exodus from Egypt; as an institution it may have already existed in pre-Israelite Canaan as an agricultural festival in the first month of the year, and this was absorbed into the life and ritual of the incoming Hebrews. There seems to be a record of this combination when the Israelites, after entering Canaan, are said to have kept the Passover (Josh. 5: 10) and on the following day to have eaten the produce of the land (5: 11).
The late Pentateuchal source P puts the Passover rites back into the wilderness of Sinai (Num. 9: 3, 5) but this assertion is too late to be regarded as historically reliable. From the time of Solomon (1 Kgs. 9: 25; 2 Chron. 8: 13) the Passover ritual was established, and in the reforms of Josiah (2 Kgs. 23: 21–3) there were to be regular Passover festivals in Jerusalem. Passover lambs were either roasted (Exod. 12: 8–9) or boiled (Deut. 16: 7) and were eaten at a solemn meal in the evening at which the departure from Egypt after the Lord ‘passed over’ the Israelite males but destroyed their Egyptian contemporaries was remembered. The feast of Unleavened Bread (as in Josh. 5: 11) was maintained for a full week from the Passover. The feast was of immense significance for the Jewish sense of identity as a people; it united successive generations in a family. In the NT it has significance because of the Lord's Supper as a Passover Meal, according to the synoptists, held by Jesus with his disciples in Jerusalem. They followed the traditional ritual with the first and second cups of wine and unleavened bread, but a new significance was given to the meal by Jesus by associating it with his coming death. NT writers refer to Christ as a ‘passover lamb’ (1 Cor. 5: 7) and the acclamation by John the Baptist to Jesus as ‘Lamb of God’ (John 1: 29) is held by some commentators to indicate that this gospel, which connects the death of Jesus with the timing of the slaughter of the passover lambs in the Temple (John 19: 14), had a theology of Jesus as the True Paschal Lamb who brings about the final release of his people from the slavery of sin. |
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Passover." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "Passover." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Passover.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "Passover." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Passover.html |
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Passover. The Jewish festival celebrated each spring in connection with the Exodus. According to the account of its institution in Exod. 12, a lamb is to be slain in each household and its blood sprinkled on the lintel and doorposts of the house in memory of the fact that when the first-born in Egypt were slain, the Lord ‘passed over’ the houses which were so marked. Later the lambs were sacrificed in the Temple. In the time of Christ it was the chief Jewish festival of the year, celebrated on the night of 14/15 Nisan.
Whether the Last Supper was a Passover Meal (as the chronology of the Synoptic Gospels would suggest) or not (as Jn.), it is clear that the Eucharist was instituted at Passover time, and Christians have seen in the death of Christ the fulfilment of the sacrifice foreshadowed by the Passover. It is probable that the earliest celebration of the Christian Easter (the Paschal Vigil Service) grew out of the Jewish Passover rite. |
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Passover." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Passover." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Passover.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Passover." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Passover.html |
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Passover (Heb., pesah). Jewish Festival of Unleavened Bread (mazzah), one of the Pilgrim Festivals. The festival begins on 15 Nisan and lasts seven days in Israel and eight in the diaspora. During this time, the exodus from Egypt is commemorated. It is so called because God ‘passed over’ the houses of the Israelites during the tenth plague of Egypt (Exodus 12). Traditionally the paschal lamb was sacrificed in the Temple on Passover eve (14 Nisan), and both Josephus and the Talmud record Passover celebrations in the second Temple period. After the destruction of the Temple, the celebrations of the festival reverted to being home-based.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Passover." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Passover." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Passover.html JOHN BOWKER. "Passover." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Passover.html |
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Passover (Pesach) Jewish festival lasting eight days, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt and the redemption of the Israelites. Symbolic dishes are prepared, including bitter herbs (maror) and unleavened bread (matzot), to remind the Jews of the haste with which they fled Egypt and, by extension, of their heritage. It is a family celebration, at which the Haggadah is read. Christ's ‘Last Supper’, at which he instituted the Eucharist, was a Passover meal.
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"Passover." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Passover." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Passover.html "Passover." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Passover.html |
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Passover
Passover the major Jewish spring festival which commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage, lasting seven or eight days from the 15th day of Nisan. The name comes from pass over ‘pass without touching’, with reference to the biblical story in Exodus 12 of how the Israelites escaped by marking their doorposts with the blood of a lamb, when the plague which destroyed their firstborn fell on the Egyptians.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Passover." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Passover." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Passover.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Passover." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Passover.html |
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Passover
Passover The Jewish festival celebrating the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. There was no time to allow bread dough to rise, and unleavened bread was eaten. In commemoration, Jews abstain from leavened bread for the week of Passover, eating matzo instead, and using matzo meal or potato flour for baking. Foods certified free from leavened bread are known as ‘kosher for Passover’. See also kosher.
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DAVID A. BENDER. "Passover." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "Passover." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-Passover.html DAVID A. BENDER. "Passover." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-Passover.html |
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Passover
Pass·o·ver / ˈpasˌōvər/ • n. the major Jewish spring festival that commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage, lasting seven or eight days from the 15th day of Nisan. ∎ another term for paschal lamb. |
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"Passover." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Passover." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-passover.html "Passover." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-passover.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "Passover." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "Passover." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-Passover.html T. F. HOAD. "Passover." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-Passover.html |
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Passover •aquiver, downriver, forgiver, giver, quiver, river, shiver, sliver, upriver
•silver • mitzvah • lawgiver • Oliver
•miniver, Nineveh
•quicksilver
•conniver, contriver, diver, driver, fiver, Godiva, Ivor, jiver, Liver, reviver, saliva, skiver, striver, survivor, viva
•skydiver • slave-driver • piledriver
•screwdriver
•bovver, hover
•Moskva
•revolver, solver
•windhover
•Canova, Casanova, clover, Dover, drover, Grsbover, Jehovah, left-over, Markova, Moldova, moreover, Navrátilová, nova, ova, over, Pavlova, rover, trover, up-and-over
•layover • flyover • handover
•changeover
•makeover, takeover
•walkover • spillover • pullover
•Hanover • turnover • hangover
•wingover • sleepover • slipover
•popover, stopover
•Passover • crossover • once-over
•pushover • leftover
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"Passover." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Passover." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Passover.html "Passover." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Passover.html |
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