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...
| Published in: | AJS review |
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| Subtitles: | Research Article |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
University of Pennsylvania Press
[2010]
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| In: |
AJS review
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| 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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| Summary: | 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 literature mention the practice of fasting on the 13th of Adar. To add to the puzzle, Megillat ta‘anit, compiled in the first century ce, includes the 13th of Adar as a day on which Jews were prohibited from fasting. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S036400941000036X |