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   Esther, originally Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire , the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and marries her. [1]

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   The Book of Esther tells a story of the deliverance of the Jewish people. We are shown a Persian emperor, Ahasuerus (loosely based on Xerxes, 485–464 B.C.), who makes momentous decisions for trivial reasons, and his wicked minister, Haman, who takes advantage of the king’s compliance to pursue a personal vendetta against the Jews by having ...

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   Jan 22, 2024 · Esther is a biblical figure and the main protagonist of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). She was a Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) in the 5th century BCE.

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   Mar 6, 2021 · Learn the story of Esther in this introduction to the book of the Bible. Meet the courageous woman who risked her life to serve God and her people.

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   Sep 14, 2021 · Esther is one of only two books of the Bible named after a woman. Through Esther’s resolve to trust in God, she influenced the king and saved her people.

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    Who is Esther in the Bible?

    • Esther, [a] originally Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and marries her.

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    Is the Book of Esther Jewish?

    • The Book of Esther is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and is part of the Ketuvim, the third section of the Hebrew Bible. It is accepted as scripture by both Jews and Christians, and its origins are ancient.

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    What happens in the Book of Esther?

    • Esther, risking her own life, reveals her Jewish identity to the king and intervenes on behalf of her people. The king reverses Haman's plot, and the Jewish people are saved. The story is celebrated annually during the Jewish festival of Purim, which commemorates the events described in the Book of Esther. Who Wrote the Book of Esther?

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    Why is Esther a religious book?

    • This would not be unusual in a book whose subject matter or outlook was more secular, but Esther is a book in which the religious element is prominent: the Jews fast in order to be delivered from imminent peril, experience deliverance at the eleventh hour, and commemorate their deliverance with an annual festival.

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    Did God give Esther a name?

    • God gave her great favor among all there and she soon became queen. The book of Esther is one of only two in the Bible named for women (the other is Ruth). It’s also one of two books of the entire Bible that doesn’t actually mention God’s name (the other is Song of Songs).

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    Why is Esther a story of Deliverance?

    • She was a Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) in the 5th century BCE. The story of Esther is often considered a narrative of deliverance, as she played a crucial role in saving the Jewish people from a plot to annihilate them.

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    Esther, heroine and central figure in the Book of Esther of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. She was a beautiful Jewish woman, the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Xerxes I). She and her cousin Mordecai persuaded the king to cancel an order for the extermination of Jews in his.