Item 183-184 - Two copy letters from S. Schechter to J. G. Frazer

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Add. MS b/37/183-184

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Two copy letters from S. Schechter to J. G. Frazer

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  • c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)

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2 items; typescript copies

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2 Rock Road, Cambridge. Dated 8 and 12 May, 1898 - In the letter of 8 May, he is unable to look at the books he wished to consult; Ruthy and Amy have the chicken pox; gives a reference to the Purim Doll, and the Purim fire jumping tradition. In the letter of 12 May, [Abraham] Kuenen's 'Historisch-Kritische Einleitung in die Buc̈her des alten Testaments' contains references to the Purim question.

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      Lacunae in typescript filled in, in [R. A. Downie's?] hand.

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