second century to the destruction of the Temple’10 and New Testament commentators are now reading post-70 AD Judaic traditions back into the Gospel narratives? It takes little reading of Jewish discussion about the Haggadah to discover that, as with most ancient texts and customs, someone has always been willing to dispute over details, such as the colour of the wine to be used, or how much leaning to the left is required.11 Despite such debate, however, the Seder as Judaism practices it today took
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