The Book of Exodus and the Origins of the Passover Seder – Lecture by Dr. Jeffrey H. Tigay
The Judaic Studies Program of Drexel University, in cooperation with the Jewish Publication Society, presents a lecture by Dr. Jeffrey H. Tigay, A.M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania.
Although the Passover Seder is inspired by the account of the exodus in the Bible, the Seder as it is known and practiced today originated more than 1,000 years later, in the Greco-Roman and Talmudic periods of Jewish history, and some parts of it are even later than that. What does the Seder owe to the Bible and what is the source of the customs practiced today?
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Hillel of Greater Philadelphia is a constituent agency of the
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia,
affiliated with Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life.
