This historical survey traces the interpretation of Exodus 12:1--2, the Bible's first calendrical commandment, through Jewish and sectarian writings from the biblical verses themselves through the medieval era. It explores both the history of the interpretation of these verses and their application in developing a calendar traced along a historical arc spanning carefully chosen sources. / These include the Septuagint and Pseudepigrapha, as well as numerous antique and early medieval Jewish sources---the Tannaim, Amoraim, and Jewish sectarian groups such as the Qumranites, Samaritans, and Karaites. The end point of this survey is the middle of the fifteenth century, prior to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, which led to a shift in Jewish migration and settlement patterns and the development of new literatures of religious expression.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.79962 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Lobel, Andrea Dawn |
| Contributors | Levy, B. Barry (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Faculty of Religious Studies.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002148869, proquestno: AAIMQ98462, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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