Esther

Old Testament · History · 16 chapters

A Jewish queen in Persia risks her life to save her people from a plot of destruction, the origin of the feast of Purim.

Context

Genre

Court narrative

Authorship

Author unknown

Setting

Persia

Original language

Hebrew, with Greek additions

Related texts

1 Samuel 15 · Agag, king of the AmalekitesJudith 8–16 · another deliverance by a woman

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