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Israel among the Nations: Nahum, Obadiah, Esther is unavailable, but you can change that!

This commentary concerns writings which emerged from three successive stages in Judah’s decline and captivity—the century of fear engendered by the Assyrian menace (addressed in Nahum), the shock and disorientation that followed the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem (Obadiah), and the necessary dilemma of adapting yet maintaining their uniqueness in an alien setting (Esther). All three books...

“After these things.…” The author does not specify how long it took the king’s anger to abate. But his servants, seeing the king’s anger, sought to distract him and advised him to look for another spouse. So with the king’s assent orders were sent to officers in all provinces to gather “beautiful young virgins” from among whom the king could choose his consort. Some commentators see here a contradiction of an old Persian law, according to which
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