one of the latest of the canonical books of Scripture, having been written late in the reign of Xerxes, or early in that of his son Artaxerxes Longimanus (B.C. 444, 434). The author is not known. The book of Esther is placed among the hagiographa by the Jews, and in that first portion of them which they call "the five rolls." It is written on a single roll, sin a dramatic style, and is read through by the Jews in their synagogues at the feast of Purim, when it is said that the names of Haman's sons are read rapidly all in one breath, to signify that they were all hanged at the same time; while at every mention of Haman the audience stamp and shout and hiss, and the children spring rattles. It has often been remarked as a peculiarity of this book that the name of God does not once occur in it. Schaff gives as the reason for this that it was to permit the reading of the book at the hilarious and noisy festival of Purim, without irreverence. The style of writing is remarkably chaste and simple. It does not in the least savor of romance. The Hebrew is very like that of Ezra and parts of the Chronicles; generally pure, but mixed with some words of Persian origin and some of the Chaldaic affinity. In short it is just what one would expect to find in a work of the age to which the book of Esther professes to belong.

Esther
... ESTHER. The spirit of the book of Esther is anything but attractive. It is
never quoted or referred to by Jesus or His apostles, and ...
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Book 11 Footnotes
... of Proph. p.72. [15] Since some skeptical persons are willing to discard this Book
of Esther as no true history; and even our learned and judicious Dr. Wall ...
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Some Miscellaneous Matters Respecting the Face of the Land.
... of the land. I. Let us begin with that canon concerning reading the Book
of Esther in the feast of Purim. "Towns that were begirt ...
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The Restoration.
... The Story of Esther. King Ahasuerus of the book of Esther is thought to be
Xerxes the Great. ... See the book of Esther, also the others. ...
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The Net Broken
... THE BOOK OF ESTHER THE NET BROKEN. ... I. The heroine of the whole book and of this chapter
is Esther, one of the sweetest and noblest of the women of Scripture. ...
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Esther's Venture
... THE BOOK OF ESTHER ESTHER'S VENTURE. 'Again Esther spake ... Patriotism is more
evident than religion in the Book of Esther. To turn to ...
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Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther.
... (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. ...
/.../the way of salvation in the lutheran church/chapter xi ezra nehemiah and.htm

Mordecai and Esther
... THE BOOK OF ESTHER MORDECAI AND ESTHER. 'For if thou altogether holdest
thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and ...
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Expositions of Holy Scripture
... READING THE LAW WITH TEARS AND JOY. THE JOY OF THE LORD. SABBATH OBSERVANCE. THE
BOOK OF ESTHER. THE NET SPREAD. ESTHER'S VENTURE. MORDECAI AND ESTHER. THE NET ...
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The Irish Articles of Religion. AD 1615.
... Susanna. The Book of Judith. Bell and the Dragon. Additions to the Book of Esther.
The Prayer of Manasses. The Book of Wisdom. The First Book of Maccab??us. ...
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