Antecedents of the Hanukkah Oil Story
When the rabbis in the Babylonian Talmud (Shabbat 21b) recounted the miracle of the oil’s lasting for eight days as the etiology of the festival of Hanukkah, they were basing themselves on biblical antecedents, in which the dedication of the Temple/tabernacle was accompanied by the descent of heaven...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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The review of rabbinic Judaism
Year: 2015, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-74 |
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Hanukkah
Maccabees
Temple Dedication
Miracle of Oil
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