Esther
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The Book of Esther's story provides the traditional explanation for Purim, a celebratory Jewish holiday that is observed on the Hebrew date on which Haman's order was to go into effect, which is the day that the Jews killed their enemies after Esther exposed Haman's intentions to her husband. Since the 1890s, several academics have “agreed in seeing [The Book of] Esther as a historicized myth or ritual” and generally concluded that Purim is rooted in a Babylonian or Persian myth or festival—though which one is a subject of discussion. The details of the setting of the story are plausible and may even have some basis in actual events, but there is general agreement among scholars that the book of Esther is a work of fiction.
Two related forms of the Book of Esther exist: a shorter Biblical Hebrew–sourced version found in Jewish and Protestant Bibles, and a longer Koine Greek–sourced version found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. Provided by Wikipedia
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3321Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
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3323by Magoun, Audrey M.Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
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3325by Cody, William J.Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1986
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3327by Jung, Thomas S., Milani, Angela, Barker, Oliver E., Millar, Nathan P.Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published in The Canadian Field-Naturalist (2011)
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3329by McAllister, Don E.Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1997
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3330by Kehoe, F. PatrickContributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1994
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3334The Greenland Caribou: Zoogeography, Taxonomy, and Population Dynamics, by Morton Meldgaard [Review]by Banfield, FrankContributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1988
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3337by Gould, JoyceContributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1988
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3339by Day, Robin T.Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1992
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3340by Maunder, John EContributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1988
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