Lesser-Known Facts About “The Book Of Esther”

The Book of Esther tells a story about a beautiful Jewish young girl who put her life in risk in order to save her people and to serve God. The girl, named Esther lived in Persia about 100 years after the captivity of Babylonian. When she become an orphan after the death of her parents, she was adopted and raised by her cousin Mordecai. One day, Xerxes I, the king of the Persian Empire, threw a lavish party and insisted for his queen to be present. Because the queen Vashti refused to appear she was removed from the kingdom. To find the new queen for his kingdom, the king Xerxes hosted a royal beauty pageant and the beautiful Esther was chosen for the throne.

At the time, the highest official of the king was man called Haman. He hated Jewish people especially Esther’s cousin Mordecai, because he always refuses to bow down to him. Because of this, Haman devised a scheme to have every Jew in Persia killed. Esther risking her own life, approached the king with a plan of her own in order to save her people. The inspirational The Book Of Esther was made into a movie, released in 2013 and directed by David A. R. White. Here are few less know facts about The Book Of Esther.

• The Book Of Esther is the 17th book in the Old Testament.
• This book is the only book about a woman in the Bible.
• The book was named after Esther, the main character of the story.
• The author of The Book Of Esther is not known. Some historians believe the author may be Mordecai, others Ezra or Nehamiah because of the writing style.
• This story is written to educate the Jewish people about the origins of the Feast of Lots.
• This book is the story about Jews that decided to stay in Persia rather than go to Judea.
• The story in The Book Of Esther takes places in Persia, during the power of the king Xerxes I, primarily in Susa in the king’s palace, the capital city of the Persian Empire.
• The Book Of Esther was probably written between B.C 460 and 331, after the domination of Xerxes I.
• The chronological span is ten years.

• In The Book Of Esther the God is never mentioned.