Esther, Book of,
Old Testament book that belongs to the third section of the Judaic biblical
canon, known as the Ketuvim, or "Writings." In the Jewish Bible,
Esther follows Ecclesiastes and Lamentations and is read on the festival of Purim,
which commemorates the rescue of the Jews from Haman's
plottings. The Book of Esther is one of the Megillot, five scrolls read on
stated Jewish religious holidays. Esther appears between Nehemiah and Job in
the Protestant canon. In the Roman Catholic canon, Esther appears between
Judith and Job and includes six chapters that are considered apocryphal in
the Jewish and Protestant traditions. |
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The book purports to explain how the feast of
Purim came to be celebrated by the Jews. Esther, the beautiful Jewish wife of
the Persian king Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), and her cousin Mordecai
persuade the king to retract an order for the general annihilation of Jews
throughout the empire. The massacre had been plotted by the king's chief
minister, Haman, and the date decided by casting lots (purim). Instead,
Haman was hanged on the gallows he built for Mordecai; and on the day planned
for their annihilation, the Jews destroyed their enemies. According to the Book
of Esther, the feast of Purim was established to celebrate that day, but this
explanation is surely legendary. There is nothing close to a consensus, however,
as to what historical event provided the basis for the story. The book may have
been composed as late as the first half of the 2nd century BC, though the origin
of the Purim festival could date to the Babylonian exile (6th century BC).
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The secular character of the Book of Esther (the
divine name is never mentioned) and its strong nationalistic overtones made its
admission into the biblical canon highly questionable for both Jews and
Christians. Apparently in response to the conspicuous absence of any reference
to God in the book, the redactors (editors) of its Greek translation in the
Septuagint interspersed many additional verses throughout the text that
demonstrate Esther's and Mordecai's religious devotion. These so-called
Additions to the Book of Esther do not appear in the Hebrew Bible, are treated
as canonical in Roman Catholic Bibles, and are placed in the Apocrypha in
Protestant Bibles. |
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