Eli Wiesel rsquo s novel Night starkly confronts us with the horrors of the Holocaust Based on his own experiences in Nazi death camps Wiesel rsquo s account flips the biblical story of the Exodus While Moses and the Israelites escaped slavery at the first Passover Exodus Wiesel tells of the SS arresting Jewish leaders following Passover Lest we criticize Wiesel and his dark irony consider that the Bible contains a similar plot twist On the night of Passover Jesus expected to free God rsquo s people from suffering instead permits Himself to be arrested by those who would kill
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