[Magdalen] hissing at Haman

Scott Knitter scottknitter at gmail.com
Sun Sep 27 21:49:33 UTC 2015


On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> King Xerxes???  What happened to Ahasuerus!?
> After I wrote that, I found this explanation in a footnote:
>
> Ahasuerus is a Latin-English transcription of the Hebrew form of the Persian name Kshajarsha, in Gr. Xerxes.
>
> Good grief...!

All part of what makes the film The Book of Esther so entertaining. :)
 (There's actually some good acting in it, among the bad acting. But
it's definitely low-budget. I love what one reviewer said, that it
boasts a cast of tens. LOL).


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA


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