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On Pascha: With the Fragments of Melito and Other Material Related to the Quartodecimans is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Quartodecimans were early Christians who maintained the tradition derived from Judaism, and observed Pascha on the same occasion that the Jews observed Passover. In this work, Alistair Stewart-Sykes, the leading authority on Melito and the Quartodecimans, presents a unique collection of material in a format ideal for classroom use as well as for the general reader. At the head of this...

Support for this view may be gained from noting certain other formal and verbal links between On Pascha and the haggadah known in Judaism. There is a close verbal correspondence between Mishnah Pesahim 10.5, which appears in the haggadah, and On Pascha 68. There is the use of the term aphikomenos of Christ at On Pascha 66 and 86. In these places it is used of Christ in respect of his coming to earth to heal the suffering. This is significant because, as suggested above, it reflects the aphikoman
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