The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1797 page)

 
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see
TA‘ZIYA
.

 
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Passion Sunday
:

see
PALM SUNDAY
.

 
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(Heb.,
pesah
). Jewish Festival of Unleavened Bread (
mazzah
), one of the
Pilgrim
Festivals. The festival begins on 15 Nisan and lasts seven days in
Israel
and eight in the
diaspora
. During this time, the
exodus
from Egypt is commemorated. It is so called because God ‘passed over’ the houses of the Israelites during the tenth plague of Egypt (Exodus 12). Traditionally the
paschal
lamb was sacrificed in the
Temple
on Passover eve (14 Nisan), and both
Josephus
and the
Talmud
record Passover celebrations in the second Temple period. After the destruction of the Temple, the celebrations of the festival reverted to being home-based.

 
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Pastoral Epistles
.

The three letters, 1–2
Timothy
and
Titus
in the New Testament, so-called because they contain instructions for church officers and organization.

 
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