Purim and the Persian Empire
Subtitle: a historical, archaeological, & geographical perspective
By: Yehuda Landy
Publisher: Feldheim
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jerusalem; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781598265194
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Antiquities; History
Other titles: Bible. O.T. Esther. Hebrew. 1999.; Bible. O.T. Esther. English. Moore. 1999.
Notes: "The integrated translation of Megillas Esther is taken from the Margolin edition of the Torah ... translated by Binyamin S. Moore, c1999"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 104).

In English. Includes the Book of Esther in Hebrew and English.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The Persian empire in Jewish history. The chronology of the Persian empire according to Chazal; title: Persian kings known to us from other dources; title: The archaeological evidence; title: Who is Achashverosh?; title: pt. 2. Excerpts from megillas Esther with related historical and archaeological material; title: Epilogue; title: Megillas Esther = The Book of Esther.