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04-DEC-2015

Scroll of Esther



Courtesy of the Library at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania

The scroll of the Biblical "book" of Esther is read aloud during Purim, which celebrates the deliverance of the Jews from Persia of the evil plot of Haman to kill them all.
Curiously, the name of God does not appear in the text of this Biblical episode.
To emphasize God's presence during this great historical miracle, scribes sometimes, as here, highlighted the four consonantal Hebrew letters that spell out God's name (the tetragrammaton).

Learn more about the Library at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies HERE

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bill friedlander22-Jan-2016 16:04
A remarkable document from ancient times. Nice shot, the text is very clear. V
MarcViskens15-Jan-2016 10:52
Very nice Stephanie
Milan Vogrin13-Jan-2016 22:07
Beautiful!V!
Tom LeRoy13-Jan-2016 15:51
The ancient scrip looks marvelous. A fine presentation. V
Carol Rollins11-Jan-2016 18:03
Wow, Stephanie, this is outstanding! Thanks for sharing.
hamery11-Jan-2016 02:58
Great detail and a wonderful historic work of mankind. Thanks for the information, Stephanie. An evidence of God. BV
Frank Brault10-Jan-2016 23:06
A beautiful presentation. V
Alexander Kazakov09-Jan-2016 13:03
Great! V
meekam tam09-Jan-2016 10:31
Beautiful captures,Stephanie! V
Yiannis Pavlis09-Jan-2016 03:44
A very beautiful image
Zoltán Balogh08-Jan-2016 13:13
This is beautifully captures Steph! V
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal07-Jan-2016 15:12
Thanks for the info Stephanie, great work> V
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