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The family of Esther
Biblical Jewish queen of Persia and Medes (Book of Esther)
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Book of Esther
מגילת אסתר he Liber Esther la Ἐσθήρ grc
Book of the Hebrew Bible
- Also called Esther
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EstherBiblical Jewish queen of Persia and Medes (Book of Esther) -
MordecaiJewish Biblical character (Book of Esther) -
HamanBiblical figure (Book of Esther) -
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Ahasuerusname of one or more kings of Persia in the Hebrew Bible (Esther, Ezra, Daniel), cognate to the Greek form Xerxes or Artaxerxes -
Vashticharacter in the Book of Esther; queen of Persia (Book of Esther)
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- is part of Five Megillot group of five Jewish scriptures (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther)
- is part of Historical books one of four divisions in the Christian Old Testament
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is part of Ketuvim third and final section of the Tanakh - is part of Luther Bible
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is part of Old Testament first division of the Christian biblical canon -
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is part of Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and other books into the Greek language - is part of Vulgate 4th-century Latin translation of the Bible mainly by Jerome
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