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Purim : Address Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis / Paul Haupt.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Analecta GorgianaPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (60 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781607240334
  • 9781463216030
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.436 23
LOC classification:
  • BM695.P8 .H387 2010
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Purim -- Notes -- Abbreviations
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.
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Frontmatter -- Purim -- Notes -- Abbreviations

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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