Pidion haben, il riscatto del primogenito

Interpretazioni teologico-politiche di una mitzwà

Abstract

The paper deals with the mitzwà issued by Shemot/Exodus 13:13, which imposes the consecration and the ransom of every, human and animal, first-born. This commandment, called pidion haben, in the rabbinical judaism refers to the ransom of the first-born male son, to be paid by the father during a ceremony held 31 days after the birth. In this perspective, the concepts of redemption and ransom are discussed, and shown to imply a detheologising way of thinking of both the man and the world, and to begin a process towards political liberation and autonomy. 

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