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[To my brother PN, your brother Islah.
It is well for me here]. May the gods seek after your welfare at all times. And now, . . . PN son of PN went to Syene and did/made . . . .
Behold, these are the…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
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410–400 BCE
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This is the text of the letter which the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the priests, the prophets, the rest of the elders of the exile community, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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We all recognize the tragic aspects of the Diaspora and we cannot hope to achieve in the Diaspora as full and complete national-cultural development as is possible for a nation living in its own…
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Simon Dubnow
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1909
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We must not repeat the mistake made by western Jews . . . in denying their nationality and in assimilating completely in all areas of life except religion. . . . We eastern Jews have seen all the…
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Simon Dubnow
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
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1906
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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…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE
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To my lords Jedaniah, Uriah and the priests of YHW the God, Mattan son of Jashobiah and Berechiah son of, . . . from your servant Mauziah.
May the God of Heaven seek after the welfare of my lords…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
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Late 5th Century BCE
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I am a friend to all lovers of Torah and wisdom and my only desire and my complete salvation rest in disseminating the sources of the Torah in order that the earth will be full of the knowledge of God…
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Samuel David Luzzatto
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Padua, Austrian Empire (Padova, Italy)
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1851
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To my brothers Jedaniah and his colleagues the Jewish Troop, your brother Hananiah.May the gods seek the welfare of my brothers at all times.And now, this year, year 5 of Darius the king, word has…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
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419/418 BCE
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To Hoshaiah. Your welfare (may DN seek after at all times).
Now, look after the children by yourself until Ahutab comes. Do not entrust them to others.
If their bread is ground, knead for them 1 qab,…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
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ca. 475 BCE
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[Greetings, PN,] from [PN].
[No]w, I [sen]t to you, saying: “Do not dispatch to me bread without it being sealed.”
Lo, all the jars are impure. Behold, the bread which [you]
dispatch[ed] to me…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
Date:
Early 5th Century BCE