Contents

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Introductory Overviews

Easter in Christian Tradition

• Paul F. Bradshaw

The Passover Meal in Jewish Tradition

• Lawrence A. Hoffman

PART 1
ORIGINS IN ANTIQUITY

Meal Customs in the Greco-Roman World

• Blake Leyerle

Towards a History of the Paschal Meal

• Joseph Tabory

The Origins of Easter

• Paul F. Bradshaw

Easter and Passover As Early Jewish-Christian Dialogue

• Israel J. Yuval

PART 2
MEDIEVAL DEVELOPMENTS

Passover in the Middle Ages

• Israel J. Yuval

Holy Week and Easter in the Middle Ages

• Joanne M. Pierce

PART 3
MODERN TRANSFORMATIONS

The Modern Transformation of the Ancient Passover Haggadah

• Carole B. Balin

Revising Holy Week and Easter Rites

• John Allyn Melloh

Contributors

Index