Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Summary
In the Pentateuch, we are told four times that children must be taught the meaning of rituals and laws:
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you? Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.…(Deut. 6:10)
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, “It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians.…(Exod. 12:26)
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? That thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.…(Exod. 13:14)
And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.…(Exod. 13:8)
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- Cultural Memory and Early CivilizationWriting, Remembrance, and Political Imagination, pp. 1 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011