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Purim : Address Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis / Paul Haupt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haupt, Paul, author.
- Series:
- Analecta Gorgiana ; 107.
- Analecta Gorgiana
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Purim.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (52 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2010]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Approaching the question of Purim historically, Haupt notes that the book of Esther was composed during the reign of Judas Maccabeus, and he correlates the festival to the Babylonian New Year. He discusses the origin of the title “purim” from various languages, ultimately deciding on the Old Persian explanation. Moving forward, Haupt brings the festival into the more modern period, showing how the ancient tradition continues to exist. A useful resource for anyone interested in turn-of-the-century thought on the origins of an enigmatic biblical festival, this contribution is both readable to the layperson and scholarly as well.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Purim
- Notes
- Abbreviations
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9781463216030
- 1463216033
- OCLC:
- 1110720126
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