Book of Esther
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title:
Book of Esther
text:
The Book of Esther, also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll", is a book in the third section of the Hebrew Bible. It is one of the Five Scrolls (Megillot) in the Hebrew Bible and later became part of the Christian Old Testament. The book relates the story of a Jewish woman in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, who becomes queen of Persia and thwarts a genocide of her people. The story takes place during the reign of King Ahasuerus in the First Persian Empire. Queen Vashti, the wife of Kin
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description:
Book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Esther
date created:
2001-10-07T03:05:17Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T03:41:44Z
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