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*also known in hebrew as “the scroll” (megillah)*
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*the book of esther is a book in the 3rd section (ketuvim, “writings”) of the jewish tanakh (the ‘hebrew bible’) + the ‘christian old testament’*
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*it relates the story of a ‘hebrew girl’ in ‘persia’ – born as ‘hadassah’ but known as “esther” – who becomes ‘queen of persia’ and thwarts a ‘genocide’ of her people*
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*the story forms the core of the jewish festival of ‘purim’, during which it is read aloud twice…*
(once in the ‘evening’ and again the following ‘morning’)
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(“esther” is the only book in the ‘bible’ that does not explicitly mention “god”)
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