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Praise of the Woman’s Body
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Ah, you are fair, my darling, Ah, you are fair. Your eyes are like doves Behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats Streaming down Mount Gilead. Your teeth are like a flock of ewes Climbi…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Hellenistic Period, 4th–2nd Century BCE

Subjects:

Love, Sexuality, Animals, Food and drink, Aesthetics

Categories:

History, Lists & Catalogues, Biblical Poetry, Literature, Poetry
Purim Letters
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Mordecai recorded these events. And he sent dispatches to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus, near and far, charging them to observe the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Purim, Writing, Holidays, Diaspora, Food and drink

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Literature