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Mordecai the Jew and Esther the Greek: The Books of Esther and the Politics of the Second Temple Period

Hosted By: The National Library of Israel (NLI)

Besides the Book of Esther that we know today, there were other versions of the story that circulated in ancient times…

What light can one of these versions (in Greek) shed on the traditional text and what else can we learn from it?

On Monday, March 14th, join the National Library of Israel online:

“Mordecai the Jew and Esther the Greek: The Books of Esther and the Politics of the Second Temple Period”
With Prof. Aaron Koller, Yeshiva University
6 pm Israel / 5 pm CET / 4 pm UK / 12 pm EST

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