"The Lord brought us forth from Egypt": on the absence of Moses in the Passover Haggadah
The omission of Moses' name from the entire Haggadah is both well known and puzzling. Why has the main character of the Exodus drama vanished without a trace? Moreover, the mere omission of Israel's supreme prophet does not suffice for the redactor of the Haggadah. At the end of the “fugit...
| Otros títulos: | Research Article |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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[2007]
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AJS review
Año: 2007, Volumen: 31, Número: 1, Páginas: 61-73 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Narratives
B Passover B Ancient Egypt B Allusion B Redaction B Judaism B Christianity B Fugitives B Torah B Divinity |
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| Sumario: | The omission of Moses' name from the entire Haggadah is both well known and puzzling. Why has the main character of the Exodus drama vanished without a trace? Moreover, the mere omission of Israel's supreme prophet does not suffice for the redactor of the Haggadah. At the end of the “fugitive Aramean” exegesis, which is central to the Haggadah as a whole, Moses' involvement in the Exodus is expressly denied. The Haggadah comments on Deuteronomy 26:8: “The Lord brought us forth from Egypt”—not by an angel, not by a seraph, nor by an agent, but the Holy One, blessed be He, Himself. Not only did no heavenly angel or seraph take part in the Exodus; not even a flesh-and-blood agent was involved. And “agent” in this context can mean only Moses. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009407000232 |