Book Introduction
Esther
Written by Unknown
The Author
Unknown — An anonymous Jewish writer who preserved one of the most gripping stories of survival and divine providence in the Bible
The author is unknown. Candidates include , , or , but none can be confirmed. The author clearly had detailed knowledge of the Persian court.
400s BC
The Jewish community, explaining the origin of the feast of
To show God's invisible hand protecting His people from genocide — even when He seems absent
What's It About?
is a Jewish orphan who becomes queen of . When the villain plots to exterminate all Jews in the empire, challenges Esther with the famous line: 'Who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?' Esther risks her life to expose the plot, Haman is executed, and the Jewish people are saved. It's a thriller with the highest possible stakes.
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