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They were there because they had been exiled from their land during the First Destruction.
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What influenced Queen Esther to free the Jews from the Persia Empire?
Queen Esther didn't "free the Jews from the Persia Empire", but she wasin the right place at the right time to intercede with the King, and preventthe mass slaughter orchestrated by one of the King's trusted advisers.
What did Esther do to be admired respected and remembered?
In the Book of Esther, Queen Esther opposed the wicked Haman and ensured the defeat of his plot to annihilate all the Jews in Persia. Jews in the Persian court are portrayed as having the highest moral virtues, courage, honour and loyalty to the king. The Book of Esther was a second-century-BCE novel, but also an excellent work of Propaganda written at a time when the Jews of Judah needed a morale boost. This was the real achievement of Queen Esther.
When did the Bible story of Esther take place?
The life story of esther can be found in the book of esther from the time she was a orphan to the time she becomes queen and saves the Hebrew people.
What was the timing and political climate of the story of Esther?
The Book of Esther is set in the reign of King Xerxes of Persia from 486 to 465 BCE. Although written long after the time of Xerxes, the book demonstrates the continuing gratitude of the Jews for their deliverance from Exile, by the Persians. Estherprovides the Jewish reader a sense of that their ancestors were in every way superior to others. In the words of Martin Luther, it "lionises the Jews".
Did Haman try to kill Esther when she exposed him?
Haman had no time nor say to do anything to Esther, for once he was exposed as the one that wanted to kill Esther along with all the Jews, Achashveirosh (the king married to Esther) had Haman doomed to death.
Who was the book of Esther written to?
It was written to and for the Jews in the areas of their dispersal. Because they were at that time under a non-Jewish king, Esther was written in what seems, on the surface, to be the style of a historical chronicle.
For if you keep silence at a time like this relief and delieverance will rise for the Jews?
This is a quotation from the Book of Esther. The speaker is Mordechai and he is speaking to Esther when he is convincing her to go to the king to intervene for her people.
What day was set for the extermination of the Jews?
the thirteenth of Adar, in the time of Mordecai and Esther (around 2400 years ago).
Who was Queen Esther married to?
A:The Book of Esther tells us that Esther married King Xerxes (Ahasuerus) of Persia and became queen. The Book of Esther is not regarded by scholars as factual, and the marriage of Esther and Xerxes is not historical. King Xerxes was married to Queen Amestris at the very time that the book says he divorced Vashti and married Esther, and remained married to Amestris for at least the next several years.
What is the plot in the Book of Esther?
The Book of Esther tells the story of the salvation of Jewish community in Persia, and begins with Esther, the cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai the Jew, becoming the king's new wife. Mordecai seems to have been a member of the king's court, where he soon uncovered a plot to kill the king. Esther told her husband of the plot, but did not say who gave the information. The king was tricked into ordering the killing of the Jews, but when the plot was uncovered, he ordered the Jews to defend themseleves and made Mordecai his prime minister. When the time came, the Jews fought back, killing more than 500 people in one day. Esther asked the king to allow the Jews to kill for a second day, and by the time the fighting had ended, the Jews had slain more than 75,000 people. Mordecai ordered the Jews to celebrate a festival of Purim. The festival, which is held on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar, is regarded as a period of deliverance, or second Exodus, and is still observed around the world. Critics have lambasted its debauchery, the cruelty of its characters and the fact that the central characters show no kindness or forgiveness. The Book of Esther seems believable, but fundamental problems in the story call into question its reliability. For example, Mordecai is identified as having been sent into exile by Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled Babylon more than a century before Xerxes assumed power and therefore before Esther became queen.
Who is the audience of the Book of Esther?
A:The Book of Esther portrays the Jews in the Persian court as having the highest moral virtues, courage, honour and loyalty to the king. At the same time, the book portrays Esther's enemies as despicable cowards who deserved to be slaughtered, even after they had been utterly defeated. It is like a 'Boys Own' book that glorified everything about the diaspora Jews. It was, of course, a Jewish novel written in the second century BCE for Jews.
How did Esther become queen?
The Book of Esther tells of Esther, the cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai the Jew, becoming the new wife of King Ahasuerus of Persia. There was no King Ahasuerus of Persia, but many Bible commentaries observe that Ahasuerus is likely the Hebraicised version of King Xerxes, the Achaemenid leader who ruled from 486 to 465 BCE. Esther is unlikely to have been Xerxes' wife, because his only known wife, Amestris, continued in her role well beyond his third year as king (the date the text suggests Vashti was deposed). Other problems in the story call into question the story's reliability, for example Mordecai is identified as having been sent into exile by Nebuchadnezzar - an event that must have place over a century before Xerxes assumed power.
