Esther was one of the beautiful maidens who were taken to the harem in the citadel of Susa, which was under control of the eunuch Hegai. But she refused to come. Encyclopedia of Religion. Four Strange Books of the Bible: Jonah, Daniel, Koheleth, Esther. Ask: How do you respond when things dont go your way, or when youre embarrassed in front of your friends? Her intercession with Ahasuerus on behalf of the Jews was interpreted as a prefiguration of the Virgin's mediation on behalf of mankind. Esther was selected as Queen from among all the eligible women in the empire because she was "beautiful of form and face."Esther's age is not specified in the Bible, but tradition and history put her at twenty-five when she . From the Renaissance era onward she figured in a vast array of dramas, including many Jewish plays intended for presentation on the *Purim festival. Say: Even when people make bad decisions, God can use it for His purposes. ESTHER in the BIBLE. Heroine who saved the Jewish people ).She is identified as the daughter of Avihail (Esth 2:15) and the cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, from the tribe of Benjamin (Esth 2:5-7). as Hadasseh (a Jewish name meaning myrtle). . In 473 B.C., Esther managed to save the Jewish people of the kingdom from a massacre, a liferisking accomplishment that made her famous. These were followed by the German Meistersinger Hans Sachs' Esther (1530) and an English verse play, A New Enterlude of Godly Queene Hester, published anonymously in 1561. . ." The story opens at a palace in Persia at night time. . During the second banquet, she informed the king of Haman's plot to kill her and other Jews. With M. *Litvakov she brought out a Yiddish edition of Lenin's writings in eight volumes, and wrote a biography of Lenin in Yiddish (3 eds., 192526). Was John the Baptist conceived via an immaculate conception? Esther knew where she could draw power. ."

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