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The So-called ‘Privilegium Paschale’ in Light of Jewish Sources

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Did the custom of releasing a prisoner at Passover attested in the Gospels originate in Roman or Jewish legal tradition?

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Did the custom of releasing a prisoner at Passover attested in the Gospels originate in Roman or Jewish legal tradition?

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  • Ze'ev Safrai

    Ze‘ev Safrai is Professor emeritus in the Martin Susz Department of Land of Israel Studies at Bar Ilan University in Israel. Safrai has written and edited many books, among them Haggadah of the Sages (English ed.; Jerusalem: Carta, 2009), co-authored with his father, Professor Shmuel Safrai, and The…
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