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Purim’s original queen: How studying the Book of Esther as fan fiction can teach us about the roots of an unruly Jewish festivalEsther and her cousin Mordecai shared names with Ishtar and her cousin Marduk, two of the most prominent deities in ancient Mesopotamia. Ishtar, like Esther, was a divine queen associated with ...
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