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Book of Esther   /bʊk əv ˈɛstər/   Listen
Book of Esther

noun
1.
An Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre.  Synonym: Esther.






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"Book of Esther" Quotes from Famous Books



... is hung with tapestry representing scenes from the book of Esther. This tapestry made a very great impression upon me. A knowledge of the difficulties to be overcome in the material part of painting is undoubtedly an unsuspected element of much of the pleasure we derive from it; and for this reason, ...
— Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands V2 • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... other books should be read in connection with this study. (1) The book of Esther, which relates to this time and should be read between chapters 6 and 7 of the book of Ezra. (2) The books of Haggai and Zechariah. These two prophets were associated with the first return of Zerubbabel and their words incited the Jews to ...
— The Bible Book by Book - A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books • Josiah Blake Tidwell

... The spirit of the book of Esther is anything but attractive. It is never quoted or referred to by Jesus or His apostles, and it is a satisfaction to think that in very early times, and even among Jewish scholars, its right to a place in the canon was hotly contested. Its aggressive ...
— Introduction to the Old Testament • John Edgar McFadyen

... everybody sent presents to everybody else, and the men wore comic masks or dressed up as women and performed little plays. The child went about with a great false nose, and when the name of "Haman" came up in the reading of the Book of Esther, which was intoned in a refreshingly new way, he tapped vengefully with a little hammer or turned the handle of a little toy that made a grinding noise. The other feast in celebration of a Jewish redemption—Chanukah, or Dedication—was almost as impressive, ...
— Dreamers of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill



Words linked to "Book of Esther" :   Writings, Ketubim, Hagiographa, Old Testament, book



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