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ESTHER (Hebrew, ; Greek, Εσθήρ): By: Emil G. Hirsch, John Dyneley Prince, Solomon Schechter. Table of Contents. —Biblical Data: Haman and Mordecai. —In Rabbinical Literature: The Rabbinic Account. Mordecai and Esther. Esther Before Ahasuerus. —Critical View: Improbabilities of the Story. Probable Date.
- ESTHER, APOCRYPHAL BOOK OF - JewishEncyclopedia.com
The canonical Book of Esther undoubtedly presents the oldest...
- ESTHER, APOCRYPHAL BOOK OF - JewishEncyclopedia.com
The canonical Book of Esther undoubtedly presents the oldest extant form of the Esther story. In times of oppression the Jews found comfort in this narrative, for it presented an example of sudden divine salvation in the days of distress (Esth. ix. 22, 28), and it strengthened their hope of being liberated from their desperate condition ...
Esther (named for the goddess, Ashtar) was a Persian Jew who was orphaned at a young age. The Israelites had been exiled to Babylonia in 586 B.C.E. and still remained there. Esther's cousin, Mordecai, was older than she and he raised Esther.
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23 cze 2021 · Esther, the main character in the book named after her, is a young Jewish woman who becomes queen of the Persian empire and risks her life by interceding for the Jewish people to save them from a pogrom.
Queen Esther is an orphan raised by her uncle Mordecai and is eventually married to King Ahasuerus. But she does not reveal her Jewish heritage to the king and learns of a plan to kill all Jews by the king’s advisor, Haman. She recognizes that she needs to personally plead the king to save her people but knows this act is a grave transgression.
Esther: Apocrypha. The Coronation of Queen Esther, from the 1617 Scroll of Esther from Ferrara, Italy. Institution: National Library of Israel, Jerusalem. The Greek Additions to the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Esther were probably written over several centuries and contradict several of the details from the Hebrew text.
