Jun 14, 2004 · I. TITLE: The book is named after the character “Esther” A. In Hebrew the title is rtsa which may be derived from the Persian word for star, ...

Jan 1, 2008 · The history of the rise and fall of the Medes and the Persians forms an important background for over two hundred years of Biblical history.

Jan 14, 2013 · This book mentions a Persian king named Ahasuerus (BDB 31, KB 37), which in Persian means "mighty man" or "mighty eye." Most scholars agree that ...

Jun 3, 2004 · It begins with a Persian Queen by the name of Vashti and ends with a Jewess who becomes queen. What a happy occasion this seems to be. It seems ...

Jun 28, 2004 · ... Persian empire. It was a rags to riches story unexcelled in human history. The chronology of the book indicates that it was about five years ...

Jun 3, 2004 · Everything we read about Esther and Mordecai and the Jews of the Persian empire inclines us to assume that these Jews had little regard for God ...

Oct 10, 2014 · The prologue to the new chapter of history is provided by the empire of the Medes, who are of Iranian stock and closely related to the Persians.

Jun 29, 2012 · They had become comfortable in the foreign land of Persia, and they remained where they did not belong. Furthermore, Mordecai had told Esther ...

Xerxes, filled with indignation, rises from the banquet and passes into the palace garden. He returns and discovers that Haman, in the madness of his fear, has ...

Jun 29, 2012 · Say: Xerxes decided to replace Haman with Mordecai, elevating him to a position of great power. Although Haman was dead, the killing of the Jews ...