Definition of book of esther Book of esther
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What does book of esther mean?
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| book of esther - an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre | ||
| Esther, Book of Esther | ||
| hagiographa, ketubim, writings the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures | ||
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- Esther is the name of a book in the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) and the Old Testament, and also its title heroine. It is the basis for the Jewish celebration Purim. The Book of Esther describes how a Persian king named Ahasuerus is tricked by his prime minister, Haman, to create a law killing all the Jews, and how Esther saves the Jews.
