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Mar 6, 2017 · These widely-held images of Ahasuerus and Vashti originate with rabbinic midrash, but this only raises the question: Why did the rabbis assume that Ahasuerus was a usurper, why did they believe Vashti to be of royal blood, and why did they disparage Vashti at the expense of going against the text?
Jun 28, 2004 · “After these things when the anger of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her” (Esth. 2:1). But it was too late. His decree was irreversible.
King Ahasuerus Deposes Queen Vashti. 1 This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Cush. 2 In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, 3 in the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all his officials and ministers.
Mar 15, 2013 · King Ahasuerus and his advisers — especially Haman — understood this and that was why they advised the king to depose Vashti immediately. If he did not, it would send a message to all of ...
“Queen Vashti refused to come before King Ahasuerus, whereupon he flew into a rage.” (Esther 1:12) The trap has closed around Vashti with terrible finality: If Vashti obeys the summons, the rightful queen will become a laughingstock to every man and woman in Persia.
Feb 15, 2018 · The Babylonian Talmud has Vashti insulting Ahasuerus by calling him “the son of my father’s stable-master.” This calumny is known from other Persian sources, including the story of King Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian dynasty. | Prof. Geoffrey Herman
When Ahasuerus sent his important ministers, some of whom were eunuchs, to bring Vashti, she gave her husband the ritually mandated three opportunities to withdraw his demand. First she told him: “If they see me and think me beautiful, they will want to lie with me, and they will kill you.
