Episode 19 Fellow Passengers on Passover: The Political Power of the Paschal Lamb
The Paschal offering is one the most famous rituals in the Bible, and one of the most profoundly misunderstood. Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America helps us grasp the political power of this sacrifice.
Text: Exodus 11-13
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