Haggadah of the sages
By: introduction and commentary by Shmuel Safrai & Ze'ev Safrai
Edition: 1st English ed.
Publisher: Carta
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jerusalem
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9789652207067
Subjects: Passover Haggadah; Haggadot; Texts; Haggadah; Commentaries; Textual Criticism; History
Other titles: Hagadah shel Pesaḥ
Work titles: Haggadah. English
Notes: Translation of: Hagadat Ḥazal : Hagadah shel Pesaḥ.

Translated from the Hebrew by Miriam Schlüsselberg.

"Out of over four hundred sources cited in the original Hebrew edition (...) only the c. sixty, non-Hebrew, sources have been listed in this English version"--Page 264.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-266).
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The Haggadah throughout the generations. The Pesach holiday during the Second Temple period; title: The Pesach seder in the tannaitic period; title: The Pesach Haggadah in the time of the Amoraim; title: The consolidation of the Haggadah during the Geonic period; title: The Haggadah in manuscript and print versions; title: The development of the Eretz Israel version of the Haggadah; title: "Shabbat Hagadol," the great sabbath, and the Haggadah; title: The three matzot; title: The additional midrashim and piyyutim in the Haggadah; title: pt. 2. The sections of the Haggadah. Preparations for the seder night; title: Opening of the Haggadah; title: The midrash; title: The commandments of Passover; title: The Hallel; title: The piyyutim and the end of the Seder; title: pt. 3. The Haggadah & commentary. Preparations for the seder night; title: Opening of the Haggadah; title: The midrash; title: The commandments of Passover; title: The Hallel; title: The piyyutim and the end of the Seder.