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The Development of the Chanukah Oil Miracle in Context of Zoroastrian Fire Veneration

The ancient fire that fueled the Chanukah story.

Prof. Shai Secunda

In Praise of the Hasmoneans: Chanukah Beyond Rabbinic Literature

The relative absence of Chanukah from rabbinic literature has been viewed as evidence of ambivalence about the holiday and its Hasmonean founders. However, the extensive treatment of Chanukah in piyyutim (liturgical poems) of Late Antiquity suggests otherwise.

Prof. Ophir Münz Manor
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