Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Megillat Antiochus

FOR HANUKKAH: Megillat Antiochus: The “Biblical” Chanukah Scroll (Dr. A. J. Berkovitz, TheTorah.com).
The medieval Scroll of Antiochus does more than enrich Chanukah with details. It models the holiday after Purim by telling the story in the biblical language and idiom of Daniel, Ezra, and Esther.
For PaleoJudaica posts on Megillat Antiochus, start here and follow the links. Also see here.

We did not include this work in MOTP2, for reasons explained at the latter link. But for an English translation, see the link noted here.

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