query: where is the book of esther located in the bible

pos: Book of Esther Book of Esther The Book of Esther, also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll" ("Megillah"), is a book in the third section ("Ketuvim", "Writings") of the Jewish "Tanakh" (the Hebrew Bible) and in the Christian Old Testament. It is one of the five Scrolls ("Megillot") in the Hebrew Bible. It relates the story of a Hebrew woman in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, who becomes queen of Persia and thwarts a genocide of her people. The story forms the core of the Jewish festival of Purim, during which it is read aloud twice: once in the evening

pos: Book of Esther Book of Esther The Book of Esther, also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll" ("Megillah"), is a book in the third section ("Ketuvim", "Writings") of the Jewish "Tanakh" (the Hebrew Bible) and in the Christian Old Testament. It is one of the five Scrolls ("Megillot") in the Hebrew Bible. It relates the story of a Hebrew woman in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, who becomes queen of Persia and thwarts a genocide of her people. The story forms the core of the Jewish festival of Purim, during which it is read aloud twice: once in the evening

pos: Book of Lamentations Book of Lamentations The Book of Lamentations (, "‘Êykhôh", from its incipit meaning "how") is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem. In the Hebrew Bible it appears in the Ketuvim ("Writings"), beside the Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes and the Book of Esther (the Megilloth or "Five Scrolls"), although there is no set order; in the Christian Old Testament it follows the Book of Jeremiah, as the prophet Jeremiah is its traditional author. Jeremiah's authorship is no longer generally accepted, although it is generally accepted that the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon in 586

pos: Book of Lamentations the twelfth hour of the Good Friday service, that commemorates the burial of Jesus. Book of Lamentations The Book of Lamentations (, "‘Êykhôh", from its incipit meaning "how") is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem. In the Hebrew Bible it appears in the Ketuvim ("Writings"), beside the Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes and the Book of Esther (the Megilloth or "Five Scrolls"), although there is no set order; in the Christian Old Testament it follows the Book of Jeremiah, as the prophet Jeremiah is its traditional author. Jeremiah's authorship is no longer generally accepted,

pos: Names for India was used in classical Chinese much like the English "Ind". Hodu ( "Hoddû") is the Biblical Hebrew name for India mentioned in the Book of Esther part of the Jewish Tanakh (Bible) and Christian Old Testament. In Esther 1:1, Ahasuerus (Xerxes) had been described as King ruling 127 provinces from "Hodu" (India) to "Ethiopia". Some historical definitions prior to 1500 are presented below. Writers throughout history, both Indian and of other nationalities have written about a 'Greater India', which Indians have called either Akhand Bharat or Mahabharata. The official names as set down in article 1 of the Indian constitution

neg: Esther as being the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai is located in Hamadan, Iran, although the village of Kfar Bar'am in northern Israel also claims to be the burial place of Queen Esther. There are several , including one by Millais. The status of Esther as a canonical book of the Bible has historically been under dispute. For example, in the first several centuries of Christianity, Esther does not appear in the lists of books produced by Melito, Athanasius, Cyril, Gregory of Nazianzus, and others. Additionally, no copies of Esther were found at Qumran in the contents of the Dead Sea

neg: The Book of Esther (film) scene in which Esther hears the voice of God. In classical Hebrew sources, no person ever actually speaks to God, besides Moses, and His messages are revealed through visions. Not only this, but the Book of Esther is the only book in the Hebrew Bible, besides for the Song of Songs, where there isn't a single mention of God's name. It's intended to teach a lesson to the Jewish people, that even when they can't see God, He always makes His presence felt. The film provoked some positive feedback and it was viewed as a good informational film about what

neg: The Book of Esther (film) and women were recruited from all over the land. In the film, candidates were only selected from the daughters of Xerxes' advisers, and Mordecai is the one who suggests Esther, but in the Bible, she is one among many who's summoned by the king's royal decree. In the Bible, Mordechai specifically instructs Esther to keep their relationship a secret. The bible makes no mention of Haman suggesting his daughter as a candidate for the queen. Ahasuerus was the one who appointed Haman to prime minister on his own volition. The reason given in the Bible for Haman's wanting to annihilate

neg: The Bible and humor high among "the most humorous books of the Bible, amusing throughout, and at certain points uproriously funny." People who have looked closely find the book so funny "Esther emerges as perhaps the clearest embodiment of the comic vision among all the Biblical narratives." Walker and Macy both cite the careful attention to words and wordplays in this book, while Walker also includes Esther in what he calls "genial gender humor" where, he says, women often prove to be "more dynamic characters" than their male counterparts and always seem to get the "last scriptural word". Greenspoon explains "the wisdom and/or bravery

neg: Book of Esther Ahasuerus (Esther 1:1) as Artaxerxes III (358–338 BC) who reconquered Egypt. The Book of Esther consists of an introduction (or exposition) in chapters 1 and 2; the main action (complication and resolution) in chapters 3 to 9:19; and a conclusion in 9:20–10:3. The plot is structured around banquets ("mishteh"), a word that occurs twenty times in Esther and only 24 times in the rest of the Hebrew bible. This is appropriate given that Esther describes the origin of a Jewish feast, the feast of Purim, but Purim itself is not the subject and no individual feast in the book is

neg: Esther in rabbinic literature post-Biblical writings have to be considered: Esther in rabbinic literature This article is about Esther in rabbinic literature. Esther was the chief character in the Book of Esther. She is counted among the prophetesses of Israel. Allusions in rabbinic literature to the Biblical story of Esther contain various expansions, elaborations and inferences beyond the text presented in the book of the Bible. The following is briefly the story of Esther's life as elaborated by the various midrashim: A foundling or an orphan, her father dying before her birth, her mother at her birth, Esther was reared in the house of

neg: Esther in rabbinic literature Esther in rabbinic literature This article is about Esther in rabbinic literature. Esther was the chief character in the Book of Esther. She is counted among the prophetesses of Israel. Allusions in rabbinic literature to the Biblical story of Esther contain various expansions, elaborations and inferences beyond the text presented in the book of the Bible. The following is briefly the story of Esther's life as elaborated by the various midrashim: A foundling or an orphan, her father dying before her birth, her mother at her birth, Esther was reared in the house of Mordecai, her first cousin, to whom,

neg: Methodist Deaconess Institute—Esther Hall Methodist Deaconess Institute—Esther Hall The Methodist Deaconess Institute—Esther Hall, also known as Hawthorn Hill Apartments, is a historic building located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. This building has been known by a variety of titles. They include the Bible Training School, Women's Foreign Missionary Society; Women's Home Missionary Society-Bible Training School; Iowa National Bible Training School; Iowa National Esther Hall & Bidwell Deaconess Home; Hawthorn Hill; and Chestnut Hill. The Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church established a Des Moines affiliate in 1896. Part of their responsibilities was to oversee the work of deaconesses of the

neg: Esther (given name) baby girls born in New York City in 2006, Esther has remained a favored name in some Jewish communities. Alternate forms of Esther are: Esther (given name) Esther () is a feminine given name known from the Jewish queen Esther, eponymous heroine of the "Book of Esther". According to the Hebrew Bible, queen Esther was born with the name Hadassah ("Myrtle"). Her name was changed to Esther to hide her identity upon becoming queen of Persia. The root of Esther in Hebrew is "hester" () "Hidden". The name can be derived from the Old Persian "stāra" (NPer. ستاره "setāra", meaning

neg: Esther (given name) Esther (given name) Esther () is a feminine given name known from the Jewish queen Esther, eponymous heroine of the "Book of Esther". According to the Hebrew Bible, queen Esther was born with the name Hadassah ("Myrtle"). Her name was changed to Esther to hide her identity upon becoming queen of Persia. The root of Esther in Hebrew is "hester" () "Hidden". The name can be derived from the Old Persian "stāra" (NPer. ستاره "setāra", meaning "star") although some scholars identify Esther with the name of the Babylonian goddess of love "Ishtar". Esther first occurs as a given name in

neg: Hamadan Province to Iran. The city of Hamadan lay on the Silk Road and even in recent centuries enjoyed good prospects in commerce and trade being on the main road network in the western region of Iran. According to local Jewish traditions, the City of Hamedan is mentioned in the Bible, as the capital of Ancient Persia in the days of King Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther. It was then known as Shushan. The Tombs of Mordecai and Esther are located in modern-day Hamadan. The province has a population of over 1,820,000 million. (As of 2008) The province is divided into

neg: Book of Esther and again the following morning. The books of Esther and Song of Songs are the only books in the Hebrew Bible that do not explicitly mention God. The biblical Book of Esther is set in the Persian capital of Susa ("Shushan") in the third year of the reign of the Persian king Ahasuerus. The name "Ahasuerus" is equivalent to "Xerxes" (both deriving from the Persian "Khshayārsha"), and Ahasuerus is usually identified in modern sources as Xerxes I, who ruled between 486 and 465 BC, as it is to this monarch that the events described in Esther are thought to fit

neg: Methodist Deaconess Institute—Esther Hall the north end and hipped on the south, while the east wing has a hip roof. The main block features gabeled ends and a two-story front porch that features classical columns and a shed roof. A single-story addition from 1959 has been removed. Methodist Deaconess Institute—Esther Hall The Methodist Deaconess Institute—Esther Hall, also known as Hawthorn Hill Apartments, is a historic building located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. This building has been known by a variety of titles. They include the Bible Training School, Women's Foreign Missionary Society; Women's Home Missionary Society-Bible Training School; Iowa National Bible Training School;

neg: Vashti Vashti Vashti (, "Vashti", Koine Greek: "Astin") was Queen of Persia and the first wife of Persian King Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, a book included in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and read on the Jewish holiday of Purim. She was banished for her refusal to appear at the king's banquet to show her beauty as the king wished, and Esther was chosen to succeed her as queen. In the Midrash, Vashti is described as wicked and vain. She is viewed as an independent-minded heroine in feminist interpretations of the Purim story. In the Book of Esther, Vashti is

neg: Book of Esther 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 1979 revision of the Vulgate, the Nova Vulgata, incorporates the additions to Esther directly into the narrative itself, as do most modern Catholic English

neg: The Book of Esther (film) as the new prime minister, and a feast is thrown for the Jews to celebrate their newfound freedom. The film has been criticized for largely not sticking to the biblical account of the Book of Esther. The changes made weren't minor, and completely changed many of the intended messages of The Book Of Esther. In the film, the feast that Xerxes throws is only for his advisers, whereas in the Bible, it was a feast thrown for all the citizens of the Persian Empire, in order for the king to show off his lavish palace to his subjects. The reason

neg: Esther and the King Esther and the King Esther and the King () is a 1960 American-Italian religious epic film produced and directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Joan Collins as Esther, Richard Egan as Ahasuerus, and Denis O'Dea as Mordecai. Walsh and Michael Elkins wrote the screenplay, which was based on the Book of Esther of the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament. It recounts the origin of the Jewish celebration of Purim. An international co-production released by 20th Century Fox, "Esther and the King" was filmed in Italy in the CinemaScope format and the DeLuxe color process. Mario Bava, the film's cinematographer,

neg: Bigthan and Teresh Bigthan and Teresh Bigthan and Teresh were two eunuchs in service of the Persian king Ahasuerus, according to the Book of Esther. Mordecai rested in the courtyard one day and overheard these two eunuchs plotting to kill the king. He went on to inform the king through Esther, thus thwarting the plot. He was rewarded by the king afterwards. According to the deuterocanonical/apocryphal Additions to the Book of Esther available in the Greek Septuagint translation of the Bible, they are known as Gabatha and Tharra (Koine Greek: Γαβαθά καὶ Θαρρα). Bigthan's name is also spelled "Bigtan" or "Bigthana". It is

neg: Esther Anderson (Sanford and Son) its failed spin-off "Sanford", Esther lived next door to Fred at the Sanford Arms, the boarding house owned and run by Fred, which was located next to his junk shop. Esther also made a cameo appearance at the beginning of the movie Friday. Esther was a devout churchgoer, always armed with the Bible, and whenever she went to do battle with Fred, which was often, she was usually aided by some women from her church, or by her drunken husband, Woodrow; or would simply show up at Fred's house quoting the Bible. Usually, at any random moment, even in mid-sentence,

neg: The Bible and humor in Esther. The king asks one night, "What should be done for a man whom the king desires to honor?" (6:6). Haman assumes the king means Haman himself and answers in vivid detail. He is then required to give it all to his worst enemy. Walker also points out the pivotal role in the book of Esther is built around a female, which is a situation filled with cultural commentary and irony. Walker says, "The wit of Esther, by turning our usual expectations upside down, reminds us to expect the unexpected." He says "I second Adele Berlin's ranking of Esther

neg: Exegesis a Bible commentary and typically takes the form of a set of books, each of which is devoted to the exposition of one or two books of the Bible. Long books or those that contain much material either for theological or historical-critical speculation, such as Genesis or Psalms, may be split over two or three volumes. Some, such as the Four Gospels, may be multiple- or single-volume, while short books such as the deuterocanonical portions of Daniel, Esther, and Jeremiah (i.e. Book of Susanna, Prayer of Azariah, Bel and the Dragon, Additions to Esther, Baruch and the Epistle of Jeremiah),

neg: Gennady's Bible Nehemiah, Ezra, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Jeremiah, Wisdom, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras and some others. The Gennady's Bible was the main source of the first printed Slavic Ostrog Bible. Russian tsar Ivan IV sent at Ivan Fyodorov's request one exemplar to Ostrog. Gennady's Bible Gennady's Bible () is the first full manuscript Bible in Old Church Slavonic, produced in 1490s. Gennady (1410–1505), Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Pskov, set the task to collect all Bible translations in one book. Before him there were only separated and incomplete Slavonic translations of various Bible's books and chapters. So

neg: Catholic Bible Koryon"). Catholic Bible Within Catholicism, the Bible comprises the whole 73-book canon recognized by the Catholic Church, including the deuterocanonical books. It is sometimes referred to as the Catholic Bible. The Catholic Bible is composed of the 46 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament. Of these books, Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, parts of Esther and parts of Daniel are deuterocanonical, and are found in the Bibles of Eastern Christianity. These books are usually not found in the Protestant Bible, but are sometimes included in a separate inter-testamental section

neg: Catholic Bible Catholic Bible Within Catholicism, the Bible comprises the whole 73-book canon recognized by the Catholic Church, including the deuterocanonical books. It is sometimes referred to as the Catholic Bible. The Catholic Bible is composed of the 46 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament. Of these books, Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, parts of Esther and parts of Daniel are deuterocanonical, and are found in the Bibles of Eastern Christianity. These books are usually not found in the Protestant Bible, but are sometimes included in a separate inter-testamental section called

neg: Mordecai Mordecai Mordecai is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described as being the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. Mordecai resided in Susa (Shushan or Shoushan), the metropolis of Persia (now Iran). He adopted his orphaned cousin (Esther 2:7), Hadassah (Esther), whom he brought up as if she were his own daughter. When "young virgins" were sought, she was taken into the presence of King Ahasuerus and was made queen in the place of the exiled queen Vashti. Subsequently, Mordecai discovered a plot of the king's chamberlains Bigthan

neg: Vashti had dignity. She had self-respect. She said: 'I'm not going to dance for you and your pals.'" Vashti Vashti (, "Vashti", Koine Greek: "Astin") was Queen of Persia and the first wife of Persian King Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, a book included in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and read on the Jewish holiday of Purim. She was banished for her refusal to appear at the king's banquet to show her beauty as the king wished, and Esther was chosen to succeed her as queen. In the Midrash, Vashti is described as wicked and vain. She is viewed as

neg: Bigthan and Teresh a Persian name which means "Gift of God". Bigthan and Teresh Bigthan and Teresh were two eunuchs in service of the Persian king Ahasuerus, according to the Book of Esther. Mordecai rested in the courtyard one day and overheard these two eunuchs plotting to kill the king. He went on to inform the king through Esther, thus thwarting the plot. He was rewarded by the king afterwards. According to the deuterocanonical/apocryphal Additions to the Book of Esther available in the Greek Septuagint translation of the Bible, they are known as Gabatha and Tharra (Koine Greek: Γαβαθά καὶ Θαρρα). Bigthan's name

neg: Dead Sea Scrolls They also include four of the deuterocanonical books included in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bibles: Tobit, Ben Sirach, Baruch 6 (also known as the Letter or Epistle of Jeremiah), and Psalm 151. The Book of Esther has not yet been found and scholars believe Esther is missing because, as a Jew, her marriage to a Persian king may have been looked down upon by the inhabitants of Qumran, or because the book has the Purim festival which is not included in the Qumran calendar. Listed below are the most represented books, along with the deuterocanonicals, of the Bible found among

neg: The Book of Esther (film) out of the way. In the Bible, the reason he says this is that if it would become known that the queen disobeyed the king, all wives would disobey their husbands. The Bible also mentions that Mordechai overheard the conversation of Bigthan and Teresh, chamberlains of the king, who were plotting to murder Ahasuerus. He reported this to the king, and his deed was transcribed in the book of chronicles, which was a major plot device that would be explored later in the story. In the bible, the quest to find a new queen was on a very grand approach,

neg: Women in the Bible the Book of Esther as a Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus. In the narrative, Ahasuerus seeks a new wife after his queen, Vashti, refuses to obey him, and Esther is chosen for her beauty. The king's chief advisor, Haman, is offended by Esther's cousin and guardian, Mordecai, and gets permission from the king to have all the Jews in the kingdom killed. Esther foils the plan, and wins permission from the king for the Jews to kill their enemies, and they do so. Her story is the traditional basis for the Jewish holiday Purim, which is celebrated on

neg: Book of Esther translations based on the original Hebrew and Greek (e.g., Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, New American Bible, New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition). 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.g., Esther 11:2–12 in the old Vulgate becomes Esther 1:1a–1k in the Nova Vulgata), while the NAB and its successor, the NABRE, assign letters of the alphabet as chapter headings for the additions (e.g., Esther 11:2–12:6 in the Vulgate becomes Esther A:1–17). The RSVCE and the

neg: Esther John newly-born Pakistan in 1947. She continued to study the Bible in secret, and seven years later ran away from home, fearing that her family would force her into a marriage. She took a job in an orphanage in Laugesen, Karachi, and changed her name to Esther John. In June 1955, she moved to Sahiwal, where she lived and worked in a mission hospital. From 1956 to 1959, she trained to be a teacher at the United Bible Training Centre in Gujranwala, then spent the remainder of her life evangelizing in the villages around Chichawatni. Esther John was found murdered in

neg: Tribe of Benjamin a common identity as "Israel", though in the biblical book of Esther, Mordecai is referred to as being of the tribe of Benjamin, and as late as the time of Jesus of Nazareth some (notably Paul the Apostle) still identified their Benjamite ancestry: Several passages in the Bible describe tribe of Benjamin as being pugnacious, for example in the Song of Deborah, and in descriptions where they are described as being taught to fight left handed, so as to be able to wrong foot their enemies (, , ) and where they are portrayed as being brave and skilled archers

neg: Adele Berlin approach to the Bible. In 2004 the Jewish Book Council awarded the subject along with co-editor Marc Zvi Brettler the scholarship category award for the Jewish Publication Society and Oxford University Press book, "The Jewish Study Bible". A decade later the two editors offered its second edition. Adele Berlin Adele Berlin is a biblical scholar. Before her retirement, she was Robert H. Smith Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Maryland. Berlin is best known for 1994 work "Poetics and interpretation of biblical narrative" (). She has also written commentaries on Zephaniah, Esther, and Lamentations. A "Festschrift" in her

neg: Culture of Israel turn, contains books written at different times by different authors, written from the 8th to the 2nd century BCE. It is the primary source of ancient Israelite mythology, literature, philosophy and poetry. All books of the Bible are not strictly religious in nature; for example, "The Song of Songs" is a love poem and, along with "The Book of Esther", does not explicitly mention God. The Ketuvim sector of the Hebrew Bible is a collection of philosophical and artistic literature believed to have been written under the influence of Ruach ha-Kodesh (the Holy Spirit). The Book of Job, for instance,

neg: Eunuch reasons. Eunuchs are mentioned many times in the Bible such as in the Book of Isaiah (56:4) using the word סריס ("saris"). Although the Ancient Hebrews did not practice castration, eunuchs were common in other cultures featured in the Bible, such as ancient Egypt, Babylonia, the Persian Empire and ancient Rome. In the Book of Esther, servants of the harem of Ahasuerus such as Hegai and Shashgaz as well as other servants such as Hatach, Harbonah, Bigthan, and Teresh are referred to as "sarisim". Being exposed to the consorts of the king, they would have likely been castrated. There is

neg: Jewish English Bible translations addition to his translation of the Torah, Fox has translated the books of Samuel ("Give Us a King!", 1999), and subsequently all of the Early Prophets (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, 2014). In addition to translating the Torah, Alter has translated I and II Samuel ("The David Story", 2000); the Book of Psalms ("The Book of Psalms", 2007); Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes ("The Wisdom Books", 2010); Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings ("Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets", 2013) and Song Of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel (Strong As Death Is Love, 2015). The complete Bible is due to be released in

neg: The Book of Esther (film) took place in the Bible. However, the movie differed dramatically from the Bible and that made it hard for viewers to keep watching. In their review of the movie, AskBible.org said that "the movie veered so far from the Bible, that it's impossible for us to recommend it to any audience." It does however, state in the beginning that a few events have been altered for dramatic purposes. AskBible.org also wrote that "The acting was poor, the movie is underwhelming and the limited budget available to the producers is clearly evident. What is obvious to the viewer is the inconsistent

neg: Scribe and CE 100, inside a cave west of the Dead Sea. Over the next decade, more scrolls were found in caves and the discoveries became known collectively as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Every book in the Hebrew Bible was represented except Esther. Numerous copies of each book were discovered, including 25 copies of the book of Deuteronomy. While there are other items found among the Dead Sea Scrolls not currently in the Hebrew Bible, and many variations and errors occurred while they were copied down, the texts on the whole testify to the accuracy of the scribes. The Dead Sea

neg: Vulgate the Jewish Bible from the Hebrew (having separately translated the book of Psalms from the Greek Hexapla Septuagint); and further translated the books of Tobias and Judith from Aramaic, the additions to the book of Esther from the Common Septuagint and the additions to the book of Daniel from the Greek of Theodotion. The Vulgate's components include: Jerome did not embark on the work with the intention of creating a new version of the whole Bible, but the changing nature of his program can be tracked in his voluminous correspondence. He had been commissioned by Damasus I in 382 to

neg: Gutenberg Bible Library. The last sale of a complete Gutenberg Bible took place in 1978, which sold for $2.2 million. This copy is now in Stuttgart. The price of a complete copy today is estimated at $25−35 million. Individual leaves now sell for $50,000–$150,000, depending upon condition and the desirability of the page. Eight leaves (Book of Esther) from the fragment owned by the Collection of the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York were sold in June 2015 by Sotheby's for $970,000. A two-volume paper edition of the Gutenberg Bible was stolen from Moscow State University in 2009 and

neg: Arthur Szyk Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer and, most notably, books telling Bible stories, such as "Pathways through the Bible" by Mortimer J. Cohen (1946), "The Book of Job" (1946), "The Book of Ruth" (1947), "The Ten Commandments" (1947), "The Story of Joseph and his Brothers" (1949). Some of the books illustrated by Szyk were also published posthumously, including "The Arabian Nights Entertainments" (1954) and "The Book of Esther" (1974). He was also commissioned by Canadian entrepreneur and stamp connoisseur, Kasimir Bileski, to create illustrations for the Visual History of Nations (or United Nations) series of stamps; though the project never came to

neg: Women in the Bible biblical women had what anthropology terms "informal power." Ruth is the title character of the Book of Ruth. In the narrative, she is not an Israelite but rather is from Moab; she marries an Israelite. Both her husband and her father-in-law die, and she helps her mother-in-law, Naomi, find protection. The two of them travel to Bethlehem together, where Ruth wins the love of Boaz through her kindness. She is one of five women mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus found in the Gospel of Matthew, alongside Tamar, Rahab, the "wife of Uriah" (Bathsheba), and Mary. Esther is described in

neg: Haman in Arabian Nights" depicts Haman as an evil vizier to the sultan in its story segment, "Aliyah-Din". Mr. Lunt portrayed this biblical figure in the 2000 "VeggieTales" episode "Esther the Girl who Became Queen". In the "South Park" episode "Jewbilee," Haman is depicted as the primary antagonist, trying to enter the mortal world once more to rule over the Jews. Haman Haman (also known as Haman the Agagite המן האגגי, or Haman the evil המן הרשע) is the main antagonist in the Book of Esther, who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was a vizier in the Persian empire under King

neg: Jew (word) the word makes its first appearance in writing (in the book of Esther) its meaning has already expanded to include converts to the Jewish religion as well as descendants of Israelites. The term "Yehudi" () occurs 74 times in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible. The plural, "Yehudim" () first appears in where it refers to a defeat for the Yehudi army or nation, and in , where it refers to the language of the Yehudim (). has the earliest singular usage of the word "Yehudi". In , the name "Yehudi" () has a generic aspect, in this case

neg: Timothy Beal Introduction" (Oxford University Press, 2008). "Roadside Religion: In Search of the Sacred, the Strange, and the Substance of Faith" (Beacon, 2005), which was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice and one of Publishers Weekly’s ten Best Religion Books of 2005 "Religion and Its Monsters" (Routledge, 2002), which was a Reviews in Religion and Theology Editor’s Choice "The Book of Hiding: Gender, Ethnicity, and Annihilation in Esther" (Routledge, 1997); "Esther" (Liturgical Press, 1999) "Theory for Religious Studies" (co-authored with William E. Deal; Routledge, 2004) "Mel Gibson’s Bible: Religion, Popular Culture, and The Passion of the Christ" (co-edited with Tod

neg: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia the biblical books generally follows the codex, even for the Ketuvim, where that order differs from most common printed Hebrew bibles. Thus the Book of Job comes after Psalms and before Proverbs, and the Megillot are in the order Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations and Esther. The only difference is with Chronicles. The Torah: The "Nevi'im": The "Ketuvim" In September 2014 an edition of the BHS called Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: A Reader's Edition (abbreviated as the BHS Reader) was published by the German Bible Society and Hendrickson Publishers. This edition features the same Hebrew text as the regular BHS,

neg: Bible translations into the languages of Russia New Testament in 2001, Ruth, Esther, Jonah and Lamentations in 2003, and the Pentateuch, Proverbs and Psalms in 2005. The complete Bible was published in 2011. The translation of the Bible into Wakhi language has begun in Moscow. The first publication of a biblical text into Wakhi, was an excerpt from the Gospel of Luke (2:1-20) in a book on the birth of Jesus in the 80 languages of the peoples of the CIS, (IBT, 2000. p. 68-69). In 2001 the Institute for Bible Translation published 1,500 copies of "Selections from Luke". An edition of the Gospels into the Sakha

neg: Ki Teitzei special Sabbath immediately before Purim, which commemorates the story of Esther and the Jewish people's victory over Haman's plan to kill the Jews, told in the book of Esther. identifies Haman as an Agagite, and thus a descendant of Amalek. identifies the Agagites with the Amalekites. A Midrash says that between King Agag's capture by Saul and his killing by Samuel, Agag fathered a child, from whom Haman in turn descended. In traditional Sabbath Torah reading, the parashah is divided into seven readings, or , "aliyot". In the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Parashah Ki Teitzei has two

neg: Judaism and violence of Jewish Law on capital punishment often formed the basis of deliberations by Israel's Supreme Court. It has been carried out by Israel's judicial system only once, in the case of Adolf Eichmann. The Book of Esther, one of the books of the Jewish Bible, is a story of palace intrigue centered on a plot to kill all Jews which was thwarted by Esther, a Jewish queen of Persia. Instead of being victims, the Jews killed "all the people who wanted to kill them." The king gave the Jews the ability to defend themselves against their enemies who tried to

neg: The Book of Esther (film) for Queen Vashti not coming before the king in the movie was due to her arrogance and haughtiness. The Talmud gives a much more compelling and nuanced reason for her refusal, being that God had caused her to break out in leprosy, and her vanity didn't allow for her to appear, paving the way for her downfall, and allowing for Esther to become queen. In the film, Xerxes is the one who suggests that Vashti be banished, while in the Bible, it is Ahasuerus' adviser, Memucan, who suggests it. The Talmud identifies Memucan as being Haman, who wanted the queen

neg: Codex Complutensis I Codex Complutensis I The Codex Complutensis I, designated by C, is a 10th-century codex of the Christian Bible. It is written on vellum with Latin text mainly following the Vulgate. Parts of the Old Testament present an Old Latin version. The Latin text of the Gospels is a representative of the Spanish type of Vulgate, but with peculiar readings in the Epistles and Acts. In some portions of the Old Testament it represents the Old Latin version (Book of Ruth, Book of Esther, Book of Tobit, Book of Judith, 1-2 Maccabees). It contains apocryphal 4 Book of Esdra. It contains

neg: Susa in "Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta". Susa is also mentioned in the Ketuvim of the Hebrew Bible by the name Shushan, mainly in Esther, but also once each in Nehemiah and Daniel. According to these texts, Nehemiah also lived in Susa during the Babylonian captivity of the 6th century BCE (Daniel mentions it in a prophetic vision), while Esther became queen there, married to King Ahasueurus, and saved the Jews from genocide. A tomb presumed to be that of Daniel is located in the area, known as "Shush-Daniel". However, a large portion of the current structure is actually a

neg: Fred G. Sanford unabated, despite the best efforts of Lamont. Fred makes a habit of teasing Esther because he thinks she is unattractive (Fred once told Esther, "I could stick your face in some dough and make gorilla cookies!"). For her own part, Esther took no sass from Fred, often referring to him as a "heathen", "sucka" and "fish-eyed fool", and she often tried to use her Bible to change Fred's ways (both figuratively and literally; Esther both quoted from the Bible and also often tried to whack Fred with the heavy purse that she carried it in). Much of the show's comedy

neg: Ahasuerus used in English Bibles. The Persian name was independently rendered in Ancient Greek as "Xérxēs". Many newer English translations and paraphrases of the Bible have used the name Xerxes. Ahasuerus is given as the name of the King of Persia in the Book of Esther. Numerous scholars have proposed theories as to who Ahasuerus represents. Most scholars generally identify him with Xerxes I of Persia, as did 19th-century Bible commentaries. Four factors, among others, contribute to this identification: 1. It is agreed the Hebrew 'Ahasuerus' descended from the Persian names for Xerxes I. Additionally, the form of the king's name

neg: Hebrew Bible תהלים yields "Emet" אמ"ת, which is also the Hebrew for "truth"). These three books are also the only ones in Tanakh with a special system of cantillation notes that are designed to emphasize parallel stichs within verses. However, the beginning and end of the book of Job are in the normal prose system. The five relatively short books of the Song of Songs, the Book of Ruth, the Book of Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and the Book of Esther are collectively known as the "Hamesh Megillot" (Five Megillot). These are the latest books collected and designated as "authoritative" in the Jewish canon,

neg: Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg on Genesis", which won the National Jewish Book Award in 1995, "The Particulars of Rapture: Reflections on Exodus", and "The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious", which discusses selected passages from Genesis and other books of the Bible, including Jonah, Esther, and Ruth. Her last book published by Schocken is called "Bewilderments: Reflections on the Book of Numbers" 2015. Further information, including a list of articles and her lecture tour schedule can be found on her website www.avivahzornberg.com Her newest book, : Moses: A Human Life a biography of Moses, was published in November 2016 by the Yale University

neg: The Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation they also use free interpretation. Even though many of the important stories from the Bible are included, there are also some that would be expected, but are left out. For example, the building of the Tower of Babel and the whole Book of Esther are missing, In the Old and the New Testament only about half of the books are used as a source for "The Manga Bible". Many of the books that are left out would give only little to the development of the narrative, such as the Leviticus or books from the second part of the Old Testament,

neg: No Compromise Two (1980-1982) (CD release), which has the Enhanced CD label.) "No Compromise" features cover art that refers to the Book of Esther in the Bible, specifically the part where Mordecai refused to bow to Haman. Much like Green's first work, this album was produced by Bill Maxwell, who also contributed some of the instrumental playing on the album along with Keith Green himself. The song 'How Can They Live Without Jesus?' was covered by the band Glad for the 1993 Keith Green tribute album "No Compromise: Remembering the Music of Keith Green". The song, "Make My Life a Prayer To

neg: Josip Marn part of the Book of Ezra, Book of Judith, and Book of Esther for an edition of the Bible with commentary by Jožef Franc Allioli published by Bishop Wolf. As a schoolteacher, he encountered language-related problems. He was required to teach Slovene through German without textbooks, and school grades in Slovene were not taken into account. It was only in January 1860 that Slovene became a required school subject for all ethnic Slovene schoolchildren, and grades in the subject were treated as equivalent to grades in other subjects. Marn was not an aesthete, as is shown in his praise of

neg: Bible of Songs, Book of Ruth, the Book of Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Book of Esther are collectively known as the "Hamesh Megillot" (Five Megillot). These are the latest books collected and designated as "authoritative" in the Jewish canon even though they were not complete until the 2nd century CE. Besides the three poetic books and the five scrolls, the remaining books in Ketuvim are Daniel, Ezra–Nehemiah and Chronicles. Although there is no formal grouping for these books in the Jewish tradition, they nevertheless share a number of distinguishing characteristics: The following list presents the books of Ketuvim in the order they

neg: Five Megillot Five Megillot The Five Scrolls or The Five Megillot ( , "Hamesh Megillot" or "Chomeish Megillos") are parts of the Ketuvim ("Writings"), the third major section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). The Five Scrolls are the Song of Songs, the Book of Ruth, the Book of Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and the Book of Esther. These five relatively short biblical books are grouped together in Jewish tradition. An early testimony that these five scrolls were grouped together is in the "Midrash Rabba". This "midrash" was compiled on the Pentateuch and on the Five Scrolls. All five of these "megillot" ("scrolls") are traditionally

neg: Esther before Ahasuerus (Artemisia Gentileschi) characterizations. Her paintings are also less idealistic in portraying people and more naturalistic and even a bit mischievous, which can be seen in "Esther before Ahasuerus" where Esther is painted to look more like a normal woman rather than an idealized one, while Ahasuerus is made to look more comedic than a king would normally be depicted. The scene in the painting is from the Book of Esther and depicts Esther, the wife of the king Ahasuerus (sometimes named as Xerxes in modern text). After the king ordered an execution of all the Jewish people in the Persian Empire, Esther

neg: Kristin De Troyer is a member of the editorial boards for the academic journals "Journal for the Study of the Old Testament" and "Journal of Ancient Judaism." From 2014 to 2019 De Troyer serves as a member of the scientific advisory board for the Finnish Academy's Centre of Excellence "Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions". Kristin De Troyer's research focuses on the Septuagint and the textual history of the Hebrew Bible. Her publications deal especially with the various Hebrew and Greek versions of the Book of Joshua and the Book of Esther. A central conclusion in De Troyer's research is that the processes

neg: Ketuvim the Hebrew Bible with a special system of cantillation notes that are designed to emphasize parallel stichs within verses. However, the beginning and end of the book of Job are in the normal prose system. The five relatively short books of Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, the Book of Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Book of Esther are collectively known as the "Hamesh Megillot" (Five Megillot). These are the latest books collected and designated as "authoritative" in the Jewish canon. These scrolls are traditionally read over the course of the year in many Jewish communities. The list below presents them in

neg: Sofer mezuzot, scribes are also necessary for the writing of the Five Megillot (scrolls of the Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Book of Esther, Ecclesiastes, and Book of Lamentations) and Nevi'im (the books of the prophets, used for reading the haftarah), and for "gittin" (divorce documents). In some communities, especially Chaim Kanievsky's community in Bnei Brak, soferim also write the other books of the Bible, such as Psalms or the Book of Ezra. This was promoted in 19th-century Jerusalem by Rabbi Shemuel Shelomo Boyarski. There are many rules concerning the proper formation of letters that must be adhered to if

neg: Esther (1999 film) create the law that for one day, the Jews can defend themselves against any that are persecuting them, and the king grants her request. After the fighting is over, Esther then passes a law that the Jews must celebrate the day that changed their fate. In the final scene, some of the Jews are shown returning home to Jerusalem, led by Ezra (Frank Baker). Esther (1999 film) Esther, also known as The Bible: Esther, is a 1999 American-Italian-German television film directed by Raffaele Mertes and starring Louise Lombard as Queen Esther, F. Murray Abraham as Mordechai, Jürgen Prochnow as Haman,

neg: Luther Bible that also translated Romans 3:28 with the word "alone," or testified to others doing so before Luther. A Bible commentary published in 1864 reports that Initially Luther had a low view of the Old Testament book of Esther and of the New Testament books of Hebrews, James, Jude, and the Revelation of John. He called the Letter of James "an epistle of straw," finding little in it that pointed to Christ and His saving work. He also had harsh words for the Revelation of John, saying that he could "in no way detect that the Holy Spirit produced it." In

neg: Stephan Loewentheil 2016. Loewentheil is a leading collector of and dealer in Edgar Allan Poe books and manuscripts. In 1991, he acquired the first edition of Poe's first book, "Tamerlane and Other Poems", one of twelve extant copies. In 1992, Loewentheil published "The Poe Catalogue: A descriptive catalogue of the Stephan Loewentheil collection of Edgar Allan Poe material". He was awarded an honorary membership by the Poe Studies Association in 2009 for his contribution to Poe scholarship. In 2015, Loewentheil purchased the eight-page Book of Esther from the Gutenberg Bible for $970,000 at Sotheby's in New York City, with the goal of

neg: Bible these are the Maccabees and the Wisdom of Sirach. However, the book of Sirach, is now known to have existed in a Hebrew version, since ancient Hebrew manuscripts of it were rediscovered in modern times. The Septuagint version of some Biblical books, like Daniel and Esther, are longer than those in the Jewish canon. Some of these deuterocanonical books (e.g. the Wisdom of Solomon, and the second book of Maccabees) were not translated, but composed directly in Greek. Since Late Antiquity, once attributed to a hypothetical late 1st-century Council of Jamnia, mainstream Rabbinic Judaism rejected the Septuagint as valid Jewish

neg: Book of Esther 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. The Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Septuagint version of Esther, as it does for all of the Old Testament. The additions are specifically listed in the Thirty-Nine Articles, Article VI, of the Church of England: "The rest of the Book of Esther". Book of Esther The Book of Esther, also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll"

neg: The Book of Esther (film) The Book of Esther (film) The Book of Esther is a 2013 American biblical-drama film, directed by David A. R. White, starring Jen Lilley as Esther. The film portrays a Jewish girl, Esther, who is chosen as the new queen consort to King Xerxes I of Persia and her efforts to stop evil Lord Haman's plot to exterminate the Jews. The film is loosely based on the biblical tale of The Book of Esther. It was released on June 11, 2013, in the United States as a direct-to-TV special. In Shushan, the capital of the Persian Empire, in the year

neg: Esther (1999 film) Esther (1999 film) Esther, also known as The Bible: Esther, is a 1999 American-Italian-German television film directed by Raffaele Mertes and starring Louise Lombard as Queen Esther, F. Murray Abraham as Mordechai, Jürgen Prochnow as Haman, Thomas Kretschmann as King Achashverosh and Ornella Muti as Vashti. It aired in the United States on November 5, 2000. Hadassah (Louise Lombard), a beautiful Jewish girl, lives with her cousin (and legal guardian) Mordechai (F. Murray Abraham) in Shushan, the capital of Persia. After King Achashverosh (Thomas Kretschmann) deposes Queen Vashti (Ornella Muti) for her refusal to obey his decree, he is advised

neg: Hayyim Angel (Fall 2016), pp. 25–36; reprinted in Angel, The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017), pp. 18–35. 2015 Introduction to Mitchell First, Esther Unmasked: Solving Eleven Mysteries of the Jewish Holidays and Liturgy (New York: Kodesh Press, 2015), pp. 9–12. Book Review: Patterns in Genesis and Beyond, Rabbi David Sykes, Jewish Action 75:3 (Spring 2015), pp. 96–97; reprinted in Angel, The Keys to the Palace: Essays Exploring the Religious Value of Reading the Bible (New York: Kodesh Press, 2017), pp. 108–114. “A Study of Sephardic and Ashkenazic Liturgy,” Jewish

neg: Book of Esther The Coptic and Ethiopic versions of Esther are translations of the Greek rather than the Hebrew Esther. A Latin version of Esther was produced by Jerome for the Vulgate. It translates the Hebrew Esther but interpolates translations of the Greek Esther where the latter provides additional material. Several Aramaic targums of Esther were produced in the Middle Ages of which two survive – the "Targum Rishon" ("First Targum") and "Targum Sheni" ("Second Targum") dated c. 500–1000 AD. These were not targums ("translations") in the true sense but like the Greek Esther are retellings of events and include additional legends relating

neg: Esther Hautzig Esther Hautzig Esther R. Hautzig (, born October 18, 1930 – died November 1, 2009) was an American writer, best known for her award-winning book "The Endless Steppe" (1968). Esther Rudomin was born in Wilno, Poland (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania). Her childhood was interrupted by the beginning of World War II and the conquest in 1941 of eastern Poland by Soviet troops. Her family was uprooted and deported to Rubtsovsk, Siberia, where Esther spent the next five years in harsh exile. Her award winning novel "The Endless Steppe" is an autobiographical account of those years in Siberia. After the war, she

neg: Abel Pann He returned briefly to Vienna, where he met and married Esther Nussbaum and purchased a lithographic press, which the couple brought home to Jerusalem. Pann began work on a series of lithographs intended to be published in an enormous illustrated Bible, and although that series was never completed, he is widely admired for the series of pastels inspired by Bible stories that he began in the 1940s. The iconography of these works is linked to the 19th century orientalism. He was part of a movement of contemporary Jewish artists interested in Biblical scenes, including Ephraim Moses Lilien, and Ze'ev Raban.

neg: Jewish views on sin sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart" (Psalm 51:17) (see also Isaiah 1:11, Psalm 40:6-8). Although the animal sacrifices were prescribed for atonement, there is no place where the Hebrew Bible says that animal sacrifice is the "only" means of atonement. Hebrew Bible teaches that it is possible to return to God through repentance and prayer alone. For example, in the books of Jonah and Esther, both Jews and gentiles repented, prayed to God and were forgiven for their sins, without having offered any sacrifices. Additionally, in modern times, most Jews do not even consider

neg: Esther Anderson (Sanford and Son) to become a major part of the series' legend, as each time Esther appeared, Fred would insult her and audiences were drawn to the show in greater numbers. Conversely, Esther's disdain for Fred stemmed back to when he and Elizabeth were dating; she had disapproved of Fred marrying her sister. He would often contort his face upon Esther's entrance and make disparaging remarks to her, comparing her with King Kong and Godzilla. Esther would refer to Fred as an "old heathen." Despite his stubbornness, Fred would sometimes redeem himself with acts of kindness toward Esther. Esther Anderson is the Bible-toting

neg: Esther Scrolls. Nevertheless, by the fourth century CE, the majority of Western churches accepted Esther as a part of their Bibles. Esther is also commemorated as a matriarch in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod on May 24. She is also recognized as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Orthodox Churches. "The Septuagint edition of Esther contains six parts (totaling 107 verses) not found in the Hebrew Bible. Although these interpretations originally may have been composed in Hebrew, they survive only in Greek texts. Because the Hebrew Bible’s version of Esther’s story contains neither prayers nor

neg: Book of Esther 1:1) as Artaxerxes III who reconquered Egypt. Christine Hayes contrasts the Book of Esther with apocalyptic writings, the Book of Daniel in particular: both Esther and Daniel depict an existential threat to the Jewish people, but while Daniel commends the Jews to wait faithfully for God to resolve the crisis, in Esther the crisis is resolved entirely through human action and national solidarity. 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

neg: Heli (biblical figure) (descendant of Solomon) had had a wife called "Esther" (not recorded in the Bible) with whom he fathered Jacob (Joseph's father), but Matthan died and Esther married Heli's father Melchi (descendant of Nathan). Then when Heli died childless (again not recorded in the Bible) Joseph's father Jacob took Heli's wife to raise up children for Heli and left Joseph adopted in Heli's widow's house. Another possibility is that since both Heli and Jacob have a similar name listed as their father (Matthan in Matthew, Matthat in Luke), a discrepancy that can easily be accounted for by error, that the names

neg: Polyglot (book) is Brian Walton's (London, 1657), which is much less beautiful than Le Jay's but more complete in various ways, including, among other things, the Syriac of Esther and of several apocryphal books for which it is wanting in the Paris Bible, Persian versions of the Pentateuch and Gospels, and the Psalms and New Testament in Ethiopic. Walton was aided by able scholars and used much new manuscript material. His prolegomena and collections of various readings mark an important advance in biblical criticism. It was in connection with this polyglot that Edmund Castell produced his famous "Heptaglott Lexicon" (two volumes folio,

neg: Ancient Hebrew writings written at different times by different authors. All books of the Bible are not strictly religious in nature; for example, "The Song of Songs" is a love poem and, along with "The Book of Esther", does not explicitly mention God. "Torah" in this instance refers to the Pentateuch (to parallel "Chumash", חומש), so called because it consists of five books: Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus and Deuteronomy. It is the core scripture of Judaism and Samaritanism, honored in these religions as the most sacred of scripture. It is sometimes called the "Five Books of Moses" because according to the Jewish tradition,

neg: Esther (Weisgall opera) Bible. As a result of Esther's intervention and influence, Mizrahi Jews lived in the Persian Empire for 2400 years thereafter. Jews established an annual feast, the feast of Purim, in memory of their deliverance. Weisgall is one of few composers to use the character Esther as a subject, including Palestrina, Handel, and Milhaud. "Esther" was Weisgall’s 10th and last opera. It was considered one of his most successful works, along with "Six Characters in Search of an Author", which confirmed his reputation as a major 20th-century American composer. Despite the background and sources of the subject, Weisgall composed Esther with

neg: Mordecai Uziah, son of Sheshak, son of Michael, son of Elyael, son of Amihud, son of Shephatya, son of Psuel, son of Pison, son of Malikh, son of Jerubaal, son of Yerucham, son of Chananya, son of Zavdi, son of Elpo'al, son of Shimri, son of Zecharya, son of Merimoth, son of Hushim, son of Sh'chora, son of Gazah, son of 'Azza, son of Gera, son of Bela, son of Benjamin, son of Jacob the firstborn, whose name is called Israel." Mordecai Mordecai is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described

neg: Melito's canon thought to be part of Ezra (being referred to as Esdras), and with Lamentations being part of Jeremiah. Melito's canon does not include the Deuterocanonical books, except for the possible inclusion of the Book of Wisdom, which is disputed. Melito's canon is found in Eusebius EH4.26.13–14: See also Development of the Hebrew Bible canon. St. Athanasius is often quoted as endorsing 39 books in his Old Testament, rejecting any "apocryphal" (pseudepigraphal) writings. However, his 39 books are different from the Protestant canon in that he rejects Esther and includes Baruch. About the Deuterocanonical books he adds: Melito's list almost fully

neg: The Book of Esther (film) the beginning of his downfall. In the film, an entire segment was devoted to the trial of Mordecai, where he was given a chance to prove his innocence. In the Biblical account, however, as soon as Esther ousted Haman as her enemy and the enemy of her people, Ahasuerus storms out in a rage, and upon returning finds that Haman has fallen upon Esther, and immediately calls for his execution. Only later does Esther come to the king and ask him to revoke his decree, which he revokes without question. Perhaps the most egregious error in the film is the

neg: Polyglot (book) New Testament; and, while the earlier polyglot had only the Targum of Onkelos on the Pentateuch, the Antwerp Bible had also the Targum on the Prophets, and on Esther, Job, Psalms, and the Salomonic writings. Next came Guy Michel Lejay's "Paris Polyglot" (1645), which embraces the first printed texts of the Syriac Old Testament (edited by Gabriel Sionita, a Maronite, but the Book of Ruth by Abraham Ecchellensis, also a Maronite) and of the Samaritan Pentateuch and version by Jean Morin (Morinus). It has also an Arabic version, or rather a series of various Arabic versions. The last great polyglot

neg: Haman Haman Haman (also known as Haman the Agagite המן האגגי, or Haman the evil המן הרשע) is the main antagonist in the Book of Esther, who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was a vizier in the Persian empire under King Ahasuerus, traditionally identified as Xerxes I. As his name indicates, Haman was a descendant of Agag, the king of the Amalekites, a people who were wiped out in certain areas by King Saul and David. Haman is described as the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and his wife Amathlai. In the story, Haman instigates a plot to kill all of

neg: Rahab than any other book of the Bible, contains short etiological narratives that explain the origins of religious rituals, topographical features, genealogical relationships, and other aspects of ancient Israelite life, and that the legend of Rahab is such an example. The story of Rahab would therefore provide an answer as to how a Canaanite group became part of Israel in spite of the Deuteronomistic injunction to kill all Canaanites and not to intermarry with them. In the midrash, Rahab is named as one of the four most beautiful women the world has ever known, along with Sarah, Abigail, and Esther. In

neg: The Toilette of Esther The Toilette of Esther The Toilette of Esther or Esther Preparing to be Presented to King Ahasuerus, is an 1841 oil-on-canvas painting by Théodore Chassériau. The painting depicts a moment from the scriptural Book of Esther, when Esther prepared to meet King Ahasuerus, ruler of Persia, who subsequently took her as his wife. The painting is in the Musée du Louvre. Vincent Pomarède of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon has described it as "one of the most famous (paintings) in the Louvre". The subject derives from the Book of Esther (2:8-9, 15), in which King Ahasuerus, having renounced

neg: Esther Afua Ocloo with the aim of studying the Bible and home management. She served on the synod committee of the E.P. Church for 12 years. Esther married Stephen Ocloo and they had four children together: daughter Vincentia Canacco, and three sons, Vincent Malm, Christian Biassey and Steven Ocloo Jr. Ocloo died in Accra, Ghana after she developed pneumonia in February 2002. She received a state funeral in Accra, and was buried at her hometown, Peki Dzake. Esther Afua Ocloo Esther Afua Ocloo (born Esther Afua Nkulenu, 18 April 1919 – 8 February 2002) was a Ghanaian entrepreneur and pioneer of microlending, a

neg: Development of the Old Testament canon Esdras' and "Ezra-Nehemiah" is entitled 'First Esdras and Second Esdras' in the Old Latin bible; in the Septuagint version "1 Esdras" is 'Esdras A' and "Ezra-Nehemiah" is 'Esdras B'. In the prologue to Ezra Jerome states that Third Esdras is apocryphal. In the same way in his "Preface of the Books of Samuel and Kings", explains the following: "To the third class belong the "Hagiographa", of which the first book begins with Job, ... the eighth, Ezra, which itself is likewise divided amongst Greeks and Latins into two books; the ninth is Esther." In his Vulgate's prologues, Jerome argued for