Inverurie, battle of
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Inverurie, battle of, 1308. A decisive victory of Robert I, king of Scots, over John
Comyn, earl of Buchan, probably on 23 May. After his escape at
Slioch, Robert was able to capture strong points on the coastal plain of Moray and in the Black Isle before returning to Buchan, where, near Inverurie, he routed the earl's forces. The battle gave Robert control of the north.
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DISCOVERING TORAH
Newspaper article from: Chicago Jewish Star; 3/10/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Megillah refers to "the King" or "King Ahasuerus," it is really a veiled reference to...quite strange that the same word -- Ahasuerus -- could refer either to the wicked...Purim. The evil Haman convinces King Ahasuerus to make a "lottery" (that's the...
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If Esther had not been that beautiful: dealing with a hidden God in the (Hebrew) Book of Esther.
Magazine article from: Biblical Theology Bulletin; 12/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...power and wealth of the Persian king Ahasuerus should be celebrated for 180 days--six full months. Ahasuerus offers a banquet to all the inhabitants...first of a series of events in which Ahasuerus does not exercise his power, but has...
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Diaspora in antiquity
Magazine article from: The Virginia Quarterly Review; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
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A Purim story for our times
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 2/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...demoralized lot. The scroll begins with Ahasuerus's feast. Among the magnificent vessels displayed by Ahasuerus were those taken from the Temple in Jerusalem...feast itself celebrated, according to Ahasuerus's calculations, the non-fulfillment...
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ABCS OF RELIGION: X IS FOR XERXES I
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current); 6/13/2009; ; 441 words
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Art Celebrates Two Fierce Female Spirits: The Met's Exhibit of a Daring Esther Helps Restore a Baroque Painter
Newspaper article from: Forward; 2/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Italian Artemisia's "Esther Before Ahasuerus," circa 1628-35. Placed chronologically...in the catalogue.) "Esther Before Ahasuerus" was clearly influenced by the work...reflected in this narrative painting. Ahasuerus, seated on a throne to the right, is...
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Lessons of Purim
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/9/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Proverbs 29:23) Our Sages identify Ahasuerus's adviser Memuchan as Haman. Memuchan...the fore and was the first to advise Ahasuerus about what to do with his rebellious...Haman crashes commences when he enters Ahasuerus's court early in the morning to ask...
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Pride goeth before the fall
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/9/2001; ; 700+ words
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Feeding Purim tradition; Celebration of Jewish holiday of liberation revolves around special foods
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...of Haman, a high-ranking officer in the court of King Ahasuerus of Persia. Esther, a Jew married to Ahasuerus, convinced him to act to help save her people. Esther invited Ahasuerus and Haman to a private party, at which Haman was denounced...
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Fossils of History
Newspaper article from: Forward; 2/25/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...and two years later, the new king, Ahasuerus, ordered a halt to the construction...slave sent away by his master. So when Ahasuerus declared a 180-day-long orgy of food...protection by compromising themselves at Ahasuerus' feast, but sensible people knew better...
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Ahasuerus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ahasuerus , Hebrew form of the name Xerxes, as used in the Bible. The Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther is probably Xerxes I. That in the Book of Tobit may be Cyaxares I, destroyer of Nineveh. The name of the father of Darius the Mede is also given as Ahasuerus.
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Esther
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...in the known world. Married to King Ahasuerus after he divorced the former queen for...became a courtier of the Persian King Ahasuerus. Mordecai raised her as his daughter...member of the harem of the Persian king Ahasuerus, who was also known as King Xerxes...
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Xerxes
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...of Persia from 486 to 465 BCE; called Ahasuerus in Ezra 4: 6. His defeat by the Greeks...belongs in the reign of a different ruler. Ahasuerus ( Xerxes I) is the Persian ruler in...legend than history. In Dan. 9: 1 Ahasuerus is said to be the father of Darius the...
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Haman
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Haman A Persian politician in the court of Ahasuerus . After taking offence at an alleged insult by the Jew Mordecai...revenge, but through the intervention of Queen Esther with Ahasuerus, Haman suffered death on the gallows he had erected for...
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Wandering Jew, the
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...Eizen, bishop of Schleswig, had in 1542 met a man named Ahasuerus, who declared that he was the Jew in question. The story...but did not write) a poem on the subject of a meeting of Ahasuerus and Spinoza. There are elements of the story in Lewis's...
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