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The term Agagite is used in the Book of Esther
Book of Esther

The Book of Esther is one of the books of the Ketuvim of the Tanakh and of the Historical Books of the Old Testament. The Book of Esther or the Megillah is the basis for the Jewish celebration of Purim....
 as a description of Haman
Haman

Haman can be a surname which is a corruption of the German language Hamann. It is also a biblical surname as described below. It also refers to:...
. The term is understood to be an ethnonym
Ethnonym

An ethnonym is the name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms and autonyms .As an example, the ethnonym for the ethnically dominant group in Germany is the Germans....
 although nothing is known with certainty about the people designated by the name. As the events of the Book of Esther
Book of Esther

The Book of Esther is one of the books of the Ketuvim of the Tanakh and of the Historical Books of the Old Testament. The Book of Esther or the Megillah is the basis for the Jewish celebration of Purim....
 occur in Persia, it is considered likely that the term refers to people from the Persian town of Agag.

A well known Midrash
Midrash

Midrash is a Hebrew language term referring to the not exact, but comparative method of exegesis of Biblical texts, which is one of four methods cumulatively called Pardes ....
ic explanation of the term relates it to King Agag
Agag

Agag was the king of the Amalekites, mentioned by Balaam in Book of Numbers xxiv.7 in a way that gives probability to the conjecture that the name was a standing title of the kings of Amalek....
 of the Amalekites whereby it is viewed as meaning either a literal descendant of Agag or an antisemite, the Amalekites having come to be symbolic of the antithesis of Judaism
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
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The term Agagite is used in the Book of Esther
Book of Esther

The Book of Esther is one of the books of the Ketuvim of the Tanakh and of the Historical Books of the Old Testament. The Book of Esther or the Megillah is the basis for the Jewish celebration of Purim....
 as a description of Haman
Haman

Haman can be a surname which is a corruption of the German language Hamann. It is also a biblical surname as described below. It also refers to:...
. The term is understood to be an ethnonym
Ethnonym

An ethnonym is the name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms and autonyms .As an example, the ethnonym for the ethnically dominant group in Germany is the Germans....
 although nothing is known with certainty about the people designated by the name. As the events of the Book of Esther
Book of Esther

The Book of Esther is one of the books of the Ketuvim of the Tanakh and of the Historical Books of the Old Testament. The Book of Esther or the Megillah is the basis for the Jewish celebration of Purim....
 occur in Persia, it is considered likely that the term refers to people from the Persian town of Agag.

A well known Midrash
Midrash

Midrash is a Hebrew language term referring to the not exact, but comparative method of exegesis of Biblical texts, which is one of four methods cumulatively called Pardes ....
ic explanation of the term relates it to King Agag
Agag

Agag was the king of the Amalekites, mentioned by Balaam in Book of Numbers xxiv.7 in a way that gives probability to the conjecture that the name was a standing title of the kings of Amalek....
 of the Amalekites whereby it is viewed as meaning either a literal descendant of Agag or an antisemite, the Amalekites having come to be symbolic of the antithesis of Judaism
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
.