Book of Esther
Esther is the story of a hidden Jewish queen and her cousin at the Persian court who turn an unrepealable decree of destruction into a day of rescue — a book of feasts, risks and exact reversals in which God's name never appears.
- Chapters
- 10
- Verses
- 167
- Movements
- 10
- Events
- 31
- Reversal pairs
- 9
- Decrees
- 2
- Banquets
- 10
- Characters
- 15
- Themes
- 8
- Sources
- 20
- Setting
- The Persian royal city of Susa, under King Ahasuerus, across 127 provinces (1:1-2).
- Protagonists
- Esther, Mordecai, Haman, Ahasuerus, Vashti.
- Living legacy
- Purim — dates, practices and name grounded in Esther 9:20-32.
- A textual fact
- No name or title of God appears in the Hebrew text of Esther.
- Arc
- Feasts → decree of death → risk → sleepless night → counter-decree → the day turned → Purim.