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Haman

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

Haman A Persian politician in the court of Ahasuerus. After taking offence at an alleged insult by the Jew Mordecai, Haman vowed revenge, but through the intervention of Queen Esther with Ahasuerus, Haman suffered death on the gallows he had erected for Mordecai (Esther 7: 10). The story is dramatically related in the book of Esther, a literary creation designed to account for the Jewish feast of Purim.

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Haman

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Haman in the Bible, the chief minister of Ahasuerus, who plotted a massacre of the Jews and was hanged on the gallows he prepared for the Mordecai (Esther 7:10); the gallows was said to be fifty cubits high, and the expression hang as high as Haman became proverbial.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Haman." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Haman." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Haman.html

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Haman

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Haman or Aman , in the Bible, favored minister of Ahasuerus. He commanded that all Jews be put to death. Esther interceded for her people, and Haman was hanged on the gallows he had set up for Mordecai.

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Haman

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Haman. Evil opponent of Jews in Esther. When his name occurs during the reading of Esther, at Purim, it is shouted down, because the name of evil-doers must be ‘blotted out’.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Haman." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

JOHN BOWKER. "Haman." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Haman.html

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