Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Sacred Scripture Post-Biblical Judaism

Mēghillath Ta'Ānīth (« Scroll of the Fasts »)

MĒGHILLATH TA'ĀNĪTH (« ROTOLO DEI DIGIUNI »)

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Also known as: Megillat Ta'anit, Megillath Ta'anith, Megillath Taanith; Italian: Megillat Taanit

MĒGHILLATH TA'ĀNĪTH ("Scroll of Fasts"). - A list of 35 days of the year on which it was forbidden to fast and to deliver funeral orations, because they were days of joyful national remembrance, of deliverance from persecutions, and therefore intended to encourage and gladden the people.

The text of M. T. was composed in Aramaic in its definitive form under Hadrian (117-38 A.D.); it extends over events ranging from the Maccabean period, beyond the war of the year 70, up to the insurrection under Hadrian. The explanations concerning the origin and the events to which the memorable days refer date back to a post-Talmudic period (9th century) and are written in Hebrew. Glosses from a later period are not lacking.

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BIBL.: H. L. Strack, Einleitung in Talmud und Midraf, 5th ed., Munich 1921, p. 12; L. A. Rosenthal, s. v. in Jüd. Lex., IV, col. 50.

Eugenio Zolli

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), col. 624.

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Zolli, Eugenio. “MĒGhillath Ta'ĀNĪTh (« Rotolo dei Digiuni »).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 624. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/meghillath-ta-anith-rotolo-dei-digiuni.

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Zolli, Eugenio. “MĒGhillath Ta'ĀNĪTh (« Rotolo dei Digiuni »).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 624. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/meghillath-ta-anith-rotolo-dei-digiuni.

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  author    = {Zolli, Eugenio},
  title     = {MĒGhillath Ta'ĀNĪTh (« Rotolo dei Digiuni »)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {624},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/meghillath-ta-anith-rotolo-dei-digiuni}
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