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- She lived in exile. Esther and a significant number of the Jewish people lived scattered throughout Persia after the Babylonian exile. Although they had been granted freedom to return to their homeland, many of the Jewish people stayed in exile rather than go back to a war-torn Jerusalem.
- She was an orphan. According to Scripture, Esther had no parents. She had lost both her father and her mother and was raised by her older cousin, Mordecai (Esther 2:7).
- She was taken captive. The Persian King, Xerxes (a.k.a. Ahasuerus), was displeased with his wife and sought her replacement. So, naturally, he made a decree in order to gather to himself all suitable virgins in the region.
- She was raped. This part comes as a shocker to people – even to those who have read the whole Megillah as part of their yearly Purim celebration. But the Scriptures are pretty clear about what happened.
Dec 20, 2020 · Esther 2:10 says: Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so. Why not? Did the Persians hate Jews? Was there a racist issue?
Sep 21, 2014 · One of the most central questions concerning Megillat Esther is why Esther keeps her national and ethnic identity a secret - or, more accurately, why Mordekhai commands her to do so. The importance of the question arises from the fact that this matter is mentioned twice in the Megilla:
Jun 23, 2021 · In the biblical book named after her, Esther is a young Jewish woman living in the Persian diaspora who finds favor with the king, becomes queen, and risks her life to save the Jewish people from destruction when the court official Haman persuades the king to authorize a pogrom against all the Jews of the empire.
Eight Questions Most Frequently Asked About the Book of Esther. By Carey A. Moore. Few books of the Hebrew Bible have generated more controversy among both Jews and Christians than the Book of Esther. It has been praised and damned, loved and rejected, all by good, God-fearing people. As the result of my studies of this controversial book over ...
In Brief. Queen Esther is an orphan raised by her uncle Mordecai and is eventually married to King Ahasuerus. But she does not reveal her Jewish heritage to the king and learns of a plan to kill all Jews by the king’s advisor, Haman.
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15 Queen Esther Facts. By Menachem Posner. Art by Sefira Lightstone. 1. She Was the Queen of Persia. Esther was a Jewish woman who lived in Persia during the period following the destruction of the First Holy Temple, when many Jews had been taken as slaves to Babylonia, which was subsequently overtaken by Persia.
