The Book of Esther and the Haggadah tell of Jewish victories and the punishment of Jewish enemies. In 2024, they are prescient, agonizing and troubling as never before.

The Bible contains a story of how a young Jewish woman named Esther became the Queen of Persia and saved the Jews from an ...

Purim is the only celebration in Judaism with an entire biblical book about its origins. The Book of Esther tells how she and her pious cousin, Mordecai, defeated the scheming Haman, a powerful ...

How the Book of Esther’s Message of Unity Remains Acutely Relevant. By. Dror Eydar - 14 Adar 5783 – March 7, 2023. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

This book is named after its principal character, Esther, the beautiful Jewish maiden whose vicissitudes at the court of Persia were instrumental in saving her people from extermination.

An 18th-century parchment scroll of the Book of Esther, preserved at the Mejanes Library in Aix-en-Provence, France. Patrick Horvais/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.

The joyous Jewish holiday celebrates Jews' escape from annihilation as told in the Book of Esther. A lesser-known end to the story takes on new meaning during this time of war in the Middle East.

B. Jacob, 'Esther bei den LXX' (in Stade's Zeitschrift für Alttestamentliche Wissen- schaft, Giessen, 1890, pp. 241-98) L. B. Paton, Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Esther, New York, ...