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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3521by Denmark. Kommissionen for ledelsen af de geologiske og geografiske undersøgelser i Grønland., Denmark. Kommissionen for videnskabelige undersøgelser i Grønland, Denmark. Kommissionen for videnskabelige undersøgelser i Grønland.Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
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3522by Denmark. Kommissionen for ledelsen af de geologiske og geografiske undersøgelser i Grønland., Denmark. Kommissionen for videnskabelige undersøgelser i Grønland, Denmark. Kommissionen for videnskabelige undersøgelser i Grønland.Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
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3523by Porsild, Morten P.Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1914
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3524Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
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3525Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
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3526Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
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3527by Corbeaux, Eug.Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1900
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3528by Weston, T. C.Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1899
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3529by Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840, Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864, Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
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3530by Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840, Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864, Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
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3531by Whiteaves, Joseph FrederickContributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1902
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3532by Whiteaves, Joseph FrederickContributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1901
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3533Published 1918Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
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3534by Sowter, T. W. EdwinContributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1909
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3535by Sowter, T. W. EdwinContributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1909
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3536by Elliott, RobertContributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1901
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3537by Whiteaves, Joseph FrederickContributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1770
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3538by DeLury, Ralph E.Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1918
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3539by Gormley, A. L.Contributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1917
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3540by Whiteaves, Joseph FrederickContributors: “...New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library...”
Published 1907
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