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The following review was borrowed from the Jews for JUDAISM website. Please see the full review there as I didn't have enough room to copy the review in this space and PLEASE! vote positively on this guide and the other (anti) missionary guides I've written. Someone's life depends on it! Christ in the Passover is a superb example of the Christian missionary contribution to the magician's art. Magic may be defined as the ability to convince people that they are seeing something that is not really there. As such, Ceil and Moishe Rosen are masters of the magician's art. Their ability to distort reality and produce illusions ranks them among the greatest tricksters of missionary Christianity. In this book, they present one of the great illusions of missionary Christianity. The Rosen's illusion is not contrived with rabbits in hats, but with "Christ" in the Passover. Like any good magician's legerdemain it works best on those who want to be deceived; those who, unquestioning, are open to acceptance of the diversions and deceptions of the master magician. The Rosens claim to acquaint the reader with the development of Passover tradition from biblical to modern times. Whether traditions are of biblical or rabbinic origin, the goal of this illusionist couple is to make it appear that these traditions symbolize Jesus. To secure this illusion, they must distort both history and theology. As a result, contempt of historical and theological accuracy pervades their work. The Rosens present a list of biblical regulations for the Passover celebration.1 Of these regulations, three relate directly to a study of their claim that Jesus was the ultimate Passover lamb whose cosmic role is "interwoven with the Passover and its symbolism":2 "They must offer the blood of the sacrifice without leaven (Exodus 34:25). They must not break any bones of the Passover lamb (Exodus 12:46). They must sacrifice the Passover only at the place appointed by God (Deuteronomy 16:5-6)."3 The Torah specifies that these ordinances are given solely to the Jewish people, who alone are commanded to sacrifice the paschal lamb. However, the Romans executed Jesus. It will not do to say that the Jews handed Jesus over to the Romans. Fulfillment of the commandments could only come through following the procedure set down by God. The Law is clear: The sacrifice of the paschal lamb, without blemish and within the year of its birth (Exodus 12:5), is only ordained for the Jewish people (Exodus 12:14). To them alone is given the additional command not to break the bones of the paschal lamb. Despite this fact, the supposed non-breaking of Jesus' bones to fulfill the commandment is credited by the New Testament to the pagan Roman soldiers (John 19:36). The Romans were never bound by the Law, so that crediting them with fulfillment of a Passover commandment is irrelevant. Not only was it incumbent upon the Jewish people alone to sacrifice the paschal lamb, but the geographic location for the shedding of sacrificial blood was specified. The paschal sacrifice could only be offered at the Temple altar (Leviticus 17:11, Deuteronomy 16:5-6). The rest of this review can be read on the Jews for JUDAISM website, BOOK REVIEW section, as I couldn't fit it in this space. Just google it and read, it's quite honest, unlike the contents of this book!Read full review
This book should be required reading for all Christians! The Last Supper, Crucifixion and Resurrection must be understood within their Judaism context.
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The book is an excellent resource. The page numbers are accurate, but there is an incomplete section between page 79 and 80(possibly 2+ pages of information)Buyers beware.
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