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Book of Esther
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Noun1.Book of Esther - an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre
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Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings - the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
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THE Book of Esther is about a girl who, because of her beauty, is taken for a wife by the King of Persia, but does not reveal that she is Jewish.
THOUGHT for the DAY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
If Scripture is identical with God's written Word, how about the book of Esther in its Hebrew version, which is unanimously regarded by Protestant churches as part of the Old Testament canon?
Fate and Word: the book of Esther as guidance to a canonical reading ... by Teuffel, Jochen / Currents in Theology and Mission
What is broadly felt is a requirement spelled out in the Book of Esther, the text of the festival of Purim that occurs just a few months after Obama's appointees begin their new duties.
What is a Jew in power to do? by Frum, David / Moment
 
 
 
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