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Esther, the biblical book named after the beautiful Jewish woman chosen by the Persian King Xerxes to be queen, is a story of love, political intrigue, and religious faithfulness. Carey A. Moore combines his treatment of scholarly issues with an engaging explanation of the popular Jewish festival of Purim. One of three biblical and extra-biblical books named after women (Esther, Ruth, and...

In the MT’s present state many, if not most, of the distinctive religious features of biblical Judaism are missing. The most conspicuous of these is, of course, Yahweh himself. The king of Persia is mentioned 190 times in 167 verses, but God is not mentioned once. Neither Law nor Covenant, two key concepts running throughout the entire Old Testament, is so much as alluded to, let alone acknowledged. Because of the story’s Persian setting, it
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