Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
4. TRANSLITERATIONS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS XVII
5. 1. DEFINING THE PROBLEM 1
6. 2. PRERABBINIC DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PASSOVER EVE RITUAL: THE CENTRALITY OF THE PASSOVER SACRIFICE 14
7. 3. MISHNAH AND TOSEFTA PESAḤIM 10 29
8. 4. THE MISHNAH'S RESPONSE: THE MEANING OF PASSOVER CONTINUES WITHOUT THE PASSOVER SACRIFICE 37
9. 5. A JEWISH SYMPOSIUM? THE PASSOVER RITE AND EARLIER PROTOTYPES OF MEAL CELEBRATIONS 50
10. 6. THE PERSPECTIVE OF EARLY RABBINIC JUDAISM 67
11. 7. FROM FORM TO MEANING: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PASSOVER RITE AND ITS PLACE IN EARLY RABBINIC JUDAISM 76
12. Appendix A. ROASTED MEAT OR SACRIFICES AFTER 70 C.E.? 101
13. Appendix B. THE HEBREW TEXTS OF MISHNAH AND TOSEFTA PESAḤIM 10 107
14. NOTES 113
15. GLOSSARY 143
16. ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 149
17. INDEX 183