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Drawing upon anthropological theories of ritual that focus on the relationship between ritual actions and ritual texts, this paper specifies the distinctive.
Early Christian sources reveal two quite distinct modes of celebrating Easter.¹ The one which ultimately became universal was to keep the feast on the Sunday after the Jewish Passover and to focus its celebration upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, which—according to the testimony of the four canonical Gospels—had taken place on...
Within the two religions, Passover and Easter constitute the most important festivals of the year, and are inextricably linked. The scope which this provides accounts for two volumes – the first concerned with origins and history, and the second with symbolic structuring. In the first volume, the two series editors both provide introductions.
Centuries before it was adopted as the most important of the Christian festivals, Easter had been a pagan fertility festival , celebrating the Spring Equinox (March 21st). It was called Ostara, but it is thought to have derived from Eostre, a Germanic goddess of spring.
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Despite the importance of Genesis 9, there are only two books that explore the exegetical and social history of the Curse of Ham myth. The irst, David Goldenberg’s The Curse of Ham (2003), explores the Ancient Near Eastern and classical understandings of the Genesis text, while Stephen Haynes’s Noah’s Curse (2002) looks primarily at the ...
In this booklet, we want to think further about Easter. What is the origin of Easter? Is it meant for Christians? Is it a pagan holiday that Christians have adopted erroneously? What is the real meaning behind the events celebrated by people all over the world? Is the Date of Easter of Pagan Origin?
