Instituting Through Writing: The Letters of Mordecai in Esther 9:20-28

Macchi, Jean-Daniel

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Instituting Through Writing: The Letters of Mordecai in Esther 9:20-28

ContributorsMacchi, Jean-Daniel

Published inWriting the Bible: Scribes, Scribalism and Script, Editors Davies, Philip R. & Römer, Thomas, p. 97-107

PublisherDurham : Acumen Publishing Ltd

Collection

Bible World

Publication date2013

Abstract

The letters of Mordechai in Esther 9 have the effect of instituting the festival of Purim. This paper argues that the redactor of the MT Esther wrote this chapter in the context of the Hasmonean period.

Keywords

Bible
Esther

Affiliation

Faculté autonome de théologie protestante

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MACCHI, Jean-Daniel. Instituting Through Writing: The Letters of Mordecai in Esther 9:20-28. In: Writing the Bible: Scribes, Scribalism and Script. Durham : Acumen Publishing Ltd, 2013. p. 97–107. (Bible World)

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ISBN978-1-84465-731-5

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Instituting Through Writing: The Letters of Mordecai in Esther 9:20-28

The letters of Mordechai in Esther 9 have the effect of instituting the festival of Purim. This paper argues that the redactor of the MT Esther wrote this chapter in the context of the Hasmonean period.

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