For most of us who learned the book of Esther growing up, Haman was killed by being hung on gallows. This seems to be what the Megillah describes in chapter 7. After Quee… See more

On the 13thof Adar, the Jews prevailed over their enemies: The results of the battle are reported to the king, after which Ahasuerus asks Esther if there is anything else she requires: W… See more

The Hebrew root ת.ל.ה/י can mean hang. But in the context of corpses, it most likely means “impale,” and thus עץ here means not “tree” or “gallows” but “stake.” Assyrian reliefs depi… See more

Just as early modern translators imagined Haman being killed by a method with which they were familiar, ancient Greek translators also imagined something familiar to t… See more