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Haman is a key antagonist in the Book of Esther, serving as the chief advisor to King Xerxes of Persia. His character impacts the narrative by plotting to exterminate the Jewish people, leading to the conflict and eventual triumph of Queen Esther and her people.
Haman was the 'Jews enemy'
Esther's husband, King Xerxes, played a significant role in the biblical story of Esther by unknowingly choosing Esther as his queen and later being influenced by her to save the Jewish people from a plot to destroy them.
Haman was a high-ranking official in the Persian Empire who plotted to exterminate the Jewish people. He convinced the king to issue a decree to kill all Jews, but his plan was foiled by Queen Esther, who revealed his evil intentions to the king. In the end, Haman was hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai, Esther's cousin, and the Jewish people were saved.
In Israel:The events concerning Esther occurred outside of Israel, so she would not have had a direct role in Israel's history, except as concerning Judaism in general.In Judaism:Esther was the heroine and central figure in the Biblical book of Esther. She was crowned about 55 years after the destruction of the First Temple, and fifteen years before the Second Temple was built. The Jews were in the Babylonian exile. A few of them, such as Nehemiah, Mordecai and Daniel, rose to positions of prominence under the Babylonian kings.The last of the Prophets of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) were still living.King Cyrus had recently made his famous proclamation (2 Chronicles 36:22-23) allowing the Jews to resettle Judea (Israel), and some had gone up with Zerubavel, but the enemies of the Jews had then slandered them (Ezra ch.4), causing the Babylonian king to put a stop to the rebuilding and resettlement of Judea. This last event was around the same time that Esther became Queen.When she became orphaned, she was adopted by her cousin Mordecai.Later, when Queen Vashti refused to appear before Ahasuerus (in Esther ch.1), Memuchan, a Persian royal adviser, advised King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) to remove Vashti from being Queen of Persia, and King Ahasuerus agreed to his advice.In Esther Chapter 2, royal eunuchs advised Ahasuerus to look for a new queen. Esther was the best-looking woman, and Ahasuerus picked her to replace Vashti as Queen.Esther and her cousin Mordecai (who had once saved the king's life) later persuaded the king to cancel an order for the extermination of the Jews in his vast realm, which had been plotted by the king's chief minister, Haman. Instead, Haman was hanged on the gallows he had built for Mordecai, and the Jews were given permission to destroy their enemies. The Jewish festival of Purim celebrates this event.According to tradition, the book of Esther was written in the mid-4th century BCE, and was made part of the canon which was sealed a couple of decades after.Esther was queen for about 11 years.The name of Mordecai is the Judaised pronunciation of Marduka, which is attested in the Persepolis Texts as the name of officials in the Persian court during the period of Xerxes I. One of these officials was the biblical Mordecai.The grave of Mordecai and Esther still stands in Hamadan; and the Jews of Iran, to this day, are referred to as "the children of Esther."For the name of Esther, a number of etymologies are possible.1) Esther comes from the Persian "setareh," meaning "star".2) Esther comes from the Aramaic "istahar," meaning "moon." Beautiful as the moon (Talmud, Megillah 13a).3) Esther comes from the Semitic root ath-tar, "morning star." There is support for this too in the Talmud (Yoma 29a).4) Esther comes from the Median "astra," meaning "myrtle." The book of Esther (2:7) states that she had both names, Esther and Myrtle (Hadassah in Hebrew).See also:More about the Hebrew BibleJewish history timeline
Haman is a villain in the Book of Esther, a biblical story. He is an advisor to the Persian king and plots to destroy the Jewish people. Haman's role is to serve as the antagonist who tries to carry out his evil plan, but ultimately faces consequences for his actions.
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Queen Esther went in front of the king, in an attempt to free the Jews from death , because of Mordechai , had made the king sign such a decree.Now any one who came in the front of the king uncalled for , or if the king had not kept his sceptor up would face certain death.
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