RELG 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Passover Seder, Book Of Enoch, Dead Sea
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Exodus 24, ritual of covenant making israel-god. Both agree about last cup, disagree about how redirected. Lambs killed, jesus dies just before lambs slaughtered. In passover seder give cup to person u are close to. Jews used more than one calendar back then. In john"s gospel, if closer to 1 enoch and dead sea scroll festivals fall on real sabbath. Since many people were there some ppl could have interpreted it as a seder and some no. so both could be true, depends how remembered. In galilee; particular type of commensality, in people"s homes, w/ disciples. People don"t have time to clean up their lives. Don"t divorce because kingdom of god is coming, don"t have time. Phairsees fasted a lot, they criticize jesus for not doing so no time. Wedding feast party because future will arrive. Some people celebration like wedding feast and other ppl remember death.