The origin of taanit Esther
This study seeks to explain the origin of the fast of the 13th of Adar. The practice of fasting on this day is puzzling for a number of reasons. Although the Bible describes fasting in the year of the Purim threat, this fast occurred in Nissan and the weeks thereafter. Nor does tannaitic or amoraic...
Subtitles: | Research Article |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
[2010]
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AJS review
Year: 2010, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 309-351 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Fasting
/ Midrash Tanḥuma
/ Purim
/ Megillat Taʿanit
/ Esther
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RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
Further subjects: | B
Fasting
B Seders B Jewish peoples B Yom Kippur B Talmud B Judaica B Purim B Jewish Law |
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