Talmudic Sources
Eliezer Segal points to a passage in the Talmud as the first Purim Torah. In a passage on Hulin 139b, a sage offers up a series of ridiculous puns in order to find allusions to characters from the Purim story in the Torah. Others such as Israel Davidson claim that while there is humor present in the Talmud, calling any part of it a parody is an overstatement.
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