Purim : : Address Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis / / Paul Haupt.
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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Analecta Gorgiana
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (60 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Purim -- Notes -- Abbreviations |
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| 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. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781463216030 9783111024141 9783110663037 |
| DOI: | 10.31826/9781463216030 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Paul Haupt. |