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Esther: Hebrew Bible
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Esther is (in the Hebrew version) one of only two books of the Bible that do not directly mention God (the other is Song of Songs). It is the only book of the Tanakh that is not represented among the Dead Sea scrolls. It has often been compared to the first half of the Book of Daniel and to the apocryphal Books of Tobit and Judith for its subject matter.
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Esther is the last of the Megilloth, the five "scrolls" of the Hebrew bible read on five annual holidays: Ruth (Pentecost), Song of Solomon (Passover), Ecclesiastes (Feast of the Booths), Lamentations (Ninth of Ab), and Esther (Purim). It first appeared during the Persian period in the fourth century B.C.
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Esther appears in the Bible as a woman of deep faith, courage and patriotism, ultimately willing to risk her life for her adoptive father, Mordecai, and the Jewish people. Scripture portrays her as a woman raised up as an instrument in the hand of God to avert the destruction of the Jewish people, and to afford them protection and forward their wealth and peace in their captivity. It is notable, though, that God is not mentioned by name at any time in the Biblical Book of Esther but is inferred by reference to fasting.
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Esther was born Oct. 4, 1922, in the Village of Owen, Clark County, the daughter of John and Minnie (Roepke) Blum. Esther graduated from Owen High School in 1940 and then attended North Central Bible College, Minneapolis, Minn.
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