Israel in the Biblical Period: Institutions, Festivals, Ceremonies, Rituals (Biblia.com)

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In this short, accessible and readable book, Professor Soggin gives an account of all the features of Israelite and Jewish religion in the biblical period. After a radical assessment of the nature of the sources and the problems of using them historically, he discusses the origin of monotheism and Israel’s belief in its one God Yahweh. Then follow accounts of the three most important features in...

Even less is this an original sacrifice of the human firstborn in Israel, for which a redemption ritual was then substituted: first of all this is not mentioned here, and then human sacrifice is unknown in the region. There are now well-founded doubts as to whether it was ever practised in Phoenicia and Carthage. (h) The flesh of the animal was roasted on the fire and the meal was accompanied with bitter herbs and unleavened bread (v. 8, cf. 34:25). Unleavened bread is then prescribed for the whole

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