Statement

The Passover seder, structured by the Haggadah with changes traceable to the third century CE, has many features of the Greek symposium: reclining, drinking wine, singing praises, asking questions about the food. The word afikomen comes from Greek. This does not mean that the Haggadah was deliberately patterned on the symposium.

References

1. p. 86

   supports · main text · ch. 3

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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2. p. 87

   supports · main text · ch. 3

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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