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I. PROLOGUE

Hebrew has a form of the name Artaxerxes distinct from Ahasuerus , and a direct Greek rendering of Ahasuerus is used by both Josephus and the Septuagint for occurrences of the name outside the Book of Esther. Jewish tradition relates that Esther was the mother of a King Darius and so some try to identify Ahasuerus with Artaxerxes I and Esther with Kosmartydene.

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Depending on the interpretation of Esther 2: The view that it was Mordecai would be consistent with the identification of Ahasuerus with Cyaxares. Identifications with other Persian monarchs have also been suggested. Jacob Hoschander has argued that evidence of the historicity of Haman and his father Hamedatha is seen in Omanus and Anadatus mentioned by Strabo as being honoured with Anahita in the city of Zela. Hoschander argues that these were not deities as Strabo supposed but garbled forms of "Haman" and "Hamedatha" who were being worshipped as martyrs.

The names are indeed unattested in Persian texts as gods, however the Talmud Sanhedrin 61b and Rashi both record a practice of deifying Haman and Josephus speaks of him being worshipped. Christine Hayes contrasts the Book of Esther with apocalyptic writings , the Book of Daniel in particular: God, in fact, is not mentioned, Esther is portrayed as assimilated to Persian culture, and Jewish identity in the book is an ethnic category rather than a religious one.

This contrasts with traditional Jewish commentaries, such as the commentary of the Vilna Gaon , which states "But in every verse it discusses the great miracle. However, this miracle was in a hidden form, occurring through apparently natural processes, not like the Exodus from Egypt, which openly revealed the might of God. An additional six chapters appear interspersed in Esther in the Septuagint , the Greek translation of the Bible.

This was noted by Jerome in compiling the Latin Vulgate. Additionally, the Greek text contains many small changes in the meaning of the main text. Jerome recognized the former as additions not present in the Hebrew Text and placed them at the end of his Latin translation. This placement and numbering system is used in Catholic Bible translations based primarily on the Vulgate, such as the Douay—Rheims Bible and the Knox Bible.

In contrast, the revision of the Vulgate, the Nova Vulgata , incorporates the additions to Esther directly into the narrative itself, as do most modern Catholic English translations based on the original Hebrew and Greek e. The numbering system for the additions differs with each translation. The Nova Vulgata accounts for the additional verses by numbering them as extensions of the verses immediately following or preceding them e. The canonicity of these Greek additions has been a subject of scholarly disagreement practically since their first appearance in the Septuagint — Martin Luther , being perhaps the most vocal Reformation -era critic of the work, considered even the original Hebrew version to be of very doubtful value.

The Council of Trent , the summation of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation , reconfirmed the entire book, both Hebrew text and Greek additions, as canonical. The Book of Esther is used twice in commonly used sections of the Catholic Lectionary. In both cases, the text used is not only taken from a Greek addition, the readings also are the prayer of Mordecai , and nothing of Esther 's own words is ever used.

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The Bible book of Esther is a dramatic account which can give us insight into God’s special and purposeful plan for our lives. The story gives us six powerful lessons about courage, divine timing and God’s supreme love. As scripture reveals, Esther is a Jewish woman living in. time of Mordecai and Esther The Christian church also wavered be- fore accepting the Book of Esther. The book is conspicuously absent in the list of Bishop.

Beck Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible Wm. The Ancient Period , Wm. Oxford University Press, , Harrison and Donald Senior Nashville: Here are six lessons from the book of Esther that we can each apply to our living. God loved the Jewish people. As believers, there are no such things as accidents or coincidences. However, Mordecai was clear when he said to Esther that she could be the one who saved the people, or not. Esther was willing to die to save her people. Sometimes we must stand in courage, even when it is not popular to do so, and risk it all.

God is not mentioned in the Book of Esther even once. But Esther was clear that in this particular situation, a heavenly response was needed for an earthly situation. She acted in obedience and by doing so she saved a nation and received the best. No part of our lives is untouched. God is in control of every aspect, whether we want him to be or not, and there is nothing that is not subject to him Hebrews 2: And, the best thing we can do for our lives is to search for and surrender to his will. Lisa Brown Ross is an author and award-winning writer.

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One of them said that all the women in the empire would hear that "The King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. Therefore, it would be prudent to depose Vashti. Many beautiful maidens were then brought before the king that he might choose a successor to the unruly Vashti. The King chose Esther, an orphan daughter of a Benjamite named Abihail. Esther was originally named Hadassah, meaning myrtle. She had spent her life among the Jewish exiles in Persia, where she lived under the protection of her cousin Mordecai.

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Mordecai was the son of Jair, a Benjamite, who had been carried into captivity together with Jeconiah by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon. Mordecai became chief minister of Ahasuerus and lived in the Persian capital of Susa. Having informed the king through Esther of the conspiracy, Mordecai brought about the execution of the two conspirators, and the event was recorded in the royal chronicles.

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The grand vizier, Haman the Agagite , [11] commanded Mordecai to do obeisance to him. Upon Mordecai's refusal to prostrate himself, Haman informed the king that the Jews were a useless and turbulent people and inclined to disloyalty, and he promised to pay 10, silver talents into the royal treasury for the permission to pillage and exterminate this alien race. The king then issued a proclamation ordering the confiscation of Jewish property and a general extermination of all the Jews within the empire.

Mordecai tore his robes and put ash on his head signs of mourning or grieving on hearing this news. Sheltered in the harem, Esther was unaware of the decree until Mordecai advised her of it through Hathach, one of the king's chamberlains. At the request of Esther, Mordecai instituted at Susa a general fast for three days. Esther could not approach the king without being summoned, on pain of death, and the king had not summoned her for thirty days, implying that she may have fallen out of favor.

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When the king asked her what her request was, she invited the king and Haman to come to a banquet she had prepared. At the banquet they accepted her invitation to dine with her again on the following day. Haman, carried away by the joy that this honour gave him, issued orders for the erection of a gallows on which he intended to hang the hated Mordecai. But that night the king, being sleepless, ordered the chronicles of the nation to be read to him.

Recalling that Mordecai had never been rewarded for his service in revealing the plot of the eunuchs, he asked Haman, the next day, to suggest a suitable reward for one "whom the king desired to honour". Thinking it was himself that the king had in mind, Haman suggested the use of the king's apparel and insignia. These the king ordered to be bestowed on Mordecai.

Only at the second dinner party, when the king was sufficiently beguiled by her charms, did Esther reveal for the first time her identity as a Jew, and accused Haman of the plot to destroy her and her people. The king ordered that Haman should be hanged on the gallows prepared for Mordecai, and, confiscating his property, bestowed it upon the intended victim. The Jews established an annual feast, the feast of Purim , in memory of their deliverance. Haman set the date of Adar 13 to commence his campaign against the Jews.