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Esther's Religious Identity/1
<h1>Esther's Religious Identity</h1> <h2>Absence of Religiosity<br/></h2>

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Mordechai's Religious Identity/1
<h2>Assumptions of Religiosity</h2> ...story line might actually imply non-observance, as in the case of Megillat Esther.</p>

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Esther's Religious Identity/2
<h1>Esther's Religious Identity</h1> ...an attempt to maintain her observance.  The Megillah tells the story of how a righteous heroine saves her people from disaster.</p>

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Why Conceal Esther's Nationality/2
<h1>Why Conceal Esther's Nationality?</h1> ...f the spectrum, the Lekach Tov and Ralbag suggest altruistic motives. Esther hoped the secret would aid her in becoming queen so that she would be bette

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Mordechai's Religious Identity/2
...and the entire nation acted similarly. As such, the Megillah is the story of a righteous hero who helps to save his nation from both physical and spirit ...is personal honor than his nation. For him, the Megillah records the story of how Mordechai ultimately reconnected with his Jewish roots and conveys the

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Esther's Relations with Achashverosh/2
<h1>Esther's Relations with Achashverosh</h1> ...oach argues that in the era or Mordechai and Esther, a blanket prohibition of intermarriage was not yet in existence.</p></div>

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Achashverosh's Shock and Fury/2
...mmentators, Haman had not been upfront with Achashverosh about the details of his plan, and the king had never been aware that Haman was intending to kil ...Haman, and he seized Esther's plight as an opportunity to quickly dispose of Haman.  This position views Achashverosh as a despot, quick to elimina

37 KB (5,569 words) - 07:53, 18 March 2018
Mordechai's Legacy – ורצוי לרב אחיו/2
...providing different insights into both human nature and the world outlook of the commentators espousing it.</div> Critical of Mordechai

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Mordechai's Refusal to Bow/2
...aman and Mordechai as rivals in the king's court, each vying for positions of power.  Haman's promotion irked Mordechai who, thus, refused to show h ...le Esther Rabbah suggests that he wore an idol on his garments.  Both of these positions assume that Mordechai's action was not only justified but r

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Yosef/0
...nly to revert once more to forgotten prisoner.  He finally emerges as second in command to Paroh, paving the way for the family's descent to Egypt.</p> ...throughout centuries of exegesis, often resulting in contrasting portraits of the fascinating figure.</p></div>

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Why Conceal Esther's Nationality/5
<h1>Why Conceal Esther's Nationality?</h1> ...xmlid="SourceID1" book="English Esther" ref="2,10,11" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Esther/2.10$$e1">

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Esther's Religious Identity/5
<h1>Esther's Religious Identity</h1> ...xmlid="Esther2-5-7" book="English Esther" ref="2,5,7" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Esther/2.5$$e1">

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Mordechai's Refusal to Bow/5
...xmlid="Esther3-1-6" book="English Esther" ref="3,1,6" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Esther/3.1$$e1"> <h3 xml:lang="EN">Esther 3:1-6</h3>

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Dictionary:Changing Meanings/0
...ow the changing definitions might have influenced different understandings of the Biblical text.</div> ...shifted over time, from meaning "indeed" or "verily" in the earlier books of Tanakh<fn>See, for example, <a href="Bereshit17-18-19" data-aht="source">Be

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Dictionary:Cognates and Loanwords/0
...turn to cognate languages to aid in deciphering it. Below is a collection of terms whose meaning might be elucidated by looking to Akkadian, Egyptian or ...im 32:43</a> is difficult from a syntactic perspective. Who is the subject of the verb "כִפֶּר" – Hashem, the nation, or the land?  Who or w

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Duration of the Egyptian Exile/2
<h1>The Duration of the Egyptian Exile</h1> ...hers. This yields a full spectrum of approaches regarding the total number of years the Israelites spent in Egypt.</p>

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Mordechai's Religious Identity/5
...xmlid="Esther2-5-7" book="English Esther" ref="2,5,7" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Esther/2.5$$e1"> <h3 xml:lang="EN">Esther 2:5-7</h3>

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Achashverosh's Shock and Fury/5
...lid="Esther3-8-15" book="English Esther" ref="3,8,15" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Esther/3.8$$e1"> <h3 xml:lang="EN">Esther 3:8-15</h3>

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Esther's Relations with Achashverosh/5
<h1>Esther's Relations with Achashverosh</h1> ...y son from following Me, that they may serve other gods; so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and He will destroy thee quickly.</text>

109 KB (5,943 words) - 17:57, 19 January 2020
Reward and Punishment/2
...ates that Torah never speaks of individual retribution in this world, only of national recompense (ונתבאר מדברינו שלא נזכר בתורה ...nclude agricultural blessings, promises of victory over enemies, abundance of children, and health, they would seem to relate to this world rather than t

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