Book of Esther
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The Book of Esther, also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll", is a book in the third section of the Hebrew Bible. It is one of the Five Scrolls in the Hebrew Bible and later became part of the Christian O
A 13th–14th-century scroll of the Book of Esther from Fez, Morocco, held at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. Traditionally, a scroll of Esther is given only one roller, fixed to its lefthand side, rather than the two used for a Torah scroll.
The introduction of Book of Esther, hand written, part of Cairo Gniza, digital collections of Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa
Scroll of Esther (Megillah)
The opening chapter of a hand-written scroll of the Book of Esther, with reader's Torah pointer
Esther
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Esther, originally Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.
Book of Esther
…Hebrew Bible and later became part of the Christian Old Testament. The book relates the story of a Jewish woman in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, who becomes queen of Persia and thwarts a genocide of her people. The story takes place during the reign of King Ahasuerus in the Achaemenid Empire…
Esther by John Everett Millais
Queen Esther by Edwin Long (1878)
Esther Denouncing Haman (1888) by Ernest Normand
Early 3rd century CE Roman painting of Esther and Mordechai, Dura-Europos synagogue, Syria.