Unleavened Bread
Unleavened Bread
See Passover.
Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
Unleavened Bread
(, ), bread baked from unfermented dough. The Hebrews early knew the art of raising bread by means of leaven ( , ; on the various ancient kinds of this see Pliny, 18:26) prepared from the dregs or yeast of’ wine, or from a mixture of flour and water, which spontaneously ferments if allowed to stand, and which may, either moist or dried, be preserved for a considerable period for this purpose (Mishna, Pesach, 3, 1; Challa, 1, 7; comp. Harmer, Observ. 3, 65). Sometimes they baked bread without being leavened, especially when in paste (Gen 19:3; Jdg 6:19; 1Sa 28:24), as the modern Bedawin regularly do (Arvieux, 3, 227). This was formally presented for the paschal cakes (, Exo 12:8; Exo 12:15; Exo 12:20; Exo 13:3; Exo 13:6 sq.); and this fact became a symbol of the festival which thence was popularly designated as the feast of unleavened bread. SEE PASSOVER. In fact, the Jews were expressly prohibited from all use of leaven during the seven days of its continuance, and even from having any leaven in their houses for all that time (Exo 12:19; Exo 13:7; comp. 1Co 5:7); so that they were obliged to seek and carefully remove all traces of: it on the eve of the 14th of Nisan (see Pesach, 1-3; Schttgen, Hor. Hebr. 1, 598)., They usually burned it (Pesach, 2, 1), but not in an oven; and were so scrupulous as not even to allow domestic animals to eat it during that period (ibid.). The sacrificial cakes of the meat-offering were also required to contain no leaven (Exo 29:2; Lev 2:11; Num 6:15; Num 6:19; comp. Amo 4:5; Mishna, Menac. 5, 1, Pesach, 1, 5; see Otho, Lex. Rabb. p. 227: a similar usage prevailed in the Roman ritual; see Plutarch, Quaest. Rom. 109; comp. Casaubon, on Pers. Sat. i); on the other hand, the Pentecostal loaves, which represented the usual food of men, were leavened (Lev 23:17). Also the cakes which served as a basis (perhaps by way of platter) for the thank-offering were baked with leaven (Lev 7:13). SEE BREAD; SEE LEAVEN.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Unleavened Bread
UNLEAVENED BREAD.See Passover.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Unleavened Bread
UNLEAVENED BREAD.See Bread, Leaven, Passover.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Unleavened Bread
See Bread; Passover
Bread; Passover