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Los Angeles: Publisher Taschen America Llc, 2013. First edition. Scroll in wooden case. NEW in original box/no dj as issued. Taschen America, text in English, German, French, Hebrew. Limited Collector's Edition of 1,746 copies, with a gilt-edged commentary volume Edition of 1,746. Facsimile scroll almost 21 feet long, in a handcrafted walnut-veneer display case 23 x 13 inches (64.2x33.5 cm), 64.2 x 33.5 cm, in wooden display, 16.3 pounds (6.4 kg), -- Please ask for shipping cost before ordering -- Richly illustrated continuous text, 6.5 m (over 21 ft) long, unfurls right to left from a leather-bound cylinder -- Clothbound and gilt-edged commentary volume by Falk Wiesemann contains an introductory essay, the biblical text of the Book of Esther in four languages and a fold-out sheet with an overview of all the illustrations with commentary volume by Falk Wiesemann in English, German, Hebrew and French, 194 pages --- A publishing triumph, this reproduction of the Esther Scroll, held by the…
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- Título The Esther Scroll
- Autor Falk Wiessmann
- Encuadernación unknown
- Edición Limited edition
- Páginas 98
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Taschen America
- Fecha de publicación 2013
- ISBN 9783836517782
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Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2013. 1st thus. h/b. Fine, as new. In original packaging. Number 0509 of 1746 copies. folio (480 x 300 / 19"" x 12""). A true discovery: The Esther Scroll of 1746. The use of scrolls dates back to ancient times, and one of the best known examples in history is the Esther scroll, or Hebrew megillah, which is devoted solely to the story of Queen Esther and is read on the feast of Purim. An uninhibitedly joyful festival, Purim celebrates the salvation of the Jews in the Persian empire of the 5th century under the rule of King Xerxes I. The word Purim is derived from the Hebrew ""pur,"" meaning ""lot,"" and refers to the fact that the Persian minister Haman determined by lot the time that all Jews should be destroyed. This circumstance, related in the Hebrew Bibles Book of Esther, is publicly read out from the megillah in the synagogue at Purim.TASCHENs facsimile of the Esther scroll is a major achievement in publishing history. It is produced from the very fine manuscript…
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