Esther

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Biblical book Book of the Hebrew Bible Book of the Old Testament

Esther is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament that tells the story of a Jewish woman who becomes queen of Persia and courageously saves her people from annihilation.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Book of Esther	1
Esther (biblical figure)	1
Esther before Ahasuerus	1
Queen Esther	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Biblical book ⓘ Book of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ Book of the Old Testament ⓘ
associatedWithFestival	Purim ⓘ
bookOrder	One of the Five Megillot ⓘ
canonicalStatus	Canonical in Judaism ⓘ Canonical in most Christian traditions ⓘ
centralTheme	Courage ⓘ Divine providence ⓘ Identity ⓘ Jewish survival ⓘ Reversal of fortune ⓘ
containsDecree	Royal edict against the Jews ⓘ Royal edict permitting Jewish self‑defense ⓘ
describesEvent	Deliverance of the Jews in Persia ⓘ Threatened annihilation of the Jews in Persia ⓘ
hasAddition	Greek additions to Esther in the Septuagint ⓘ
hasCharacter	King Ahasuerus ⓘ surface form: Ahasuerus Haman ⓘ Vashti ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	Esther self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Esther (biblical figure) Mordechai ⓘ surface form: Mordecai
hasVersion	Greek Septuagint version ⓘ Masoretic Text version ⓘ
includedIn	Five Megillot ⓘ
includedInCanonOf	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Protestant churches ⓘ Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
influenced	Art and literature about Queen Esther ⓘ Jewish liturgy for Purim ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalUse	Read publicly on Purim in Judaism ⓘ
narrativeGenre	Historical narrative ⓘ
notableFeature	Does not explicitly mention God in the Hebrew text ⓘ
partOf	Bible ⓘ surface form: Christian Old Testament Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Ketuvim ⓘ
portraysAction	Esther intercedes with the king ⓘ Haman executed on the gallows he prepared for Mordecai ⓘ Haman plotting to destroy the Jews ⓘ Mordecai refusing to bow to Haman ⓘ
portraysRole	Esther as queen of Persia ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
setIn	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire Susa ⓘ
structure	10 chapters in most Christian Bibles ⓘ Divided into chapters and verses ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fast of Esther → associatedFigure → Esther ⓘ

Purim → associatedFigure → Esther ⓘ

Shushan Purim → associatedFigure → Esther ⓘ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) → character → Esther ⓘ

Ketuvim → containsBook → Esther ⓘ

Writings → containsBook → Esther ⓘ

Megillat Esther → containsCharacter → Esther ⓘ

Esther Dyson → givenName → Esther ⓘ

Esther Gordy Edwards → givenName → Esther ⓘ

Mordechai → guardianOf → Esther ⓘ

Esther → hasMainCharacter → Esther self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Esther (biblical figure)

Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Esther ⓘ

Historical Books (Christian canon) → includesBook → Esther ⓘ

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Esther ⓘ

Ketuvim → includesMegillot → Esther ⓘ

The Zahir → mainCharacter → Esther ⓘ

Catharine Beecher → middleName → Esther ⓘ

Charles Coypel → notableWork → Esther ⓘ

this entity surface form: Esther before Ahasuerus

Haman → opponent → Esther ⓘ

Purim → primaryText → Esther ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Esther

Mordechai → raised → Esther ⓘ

Mordechai → relativeOf → Esther ⓘ

Haman → scripturalBook → Esther ⓘ

King Ahasuerus → spouse → Esther ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen Esther

Ketuvim → traditionalJewishOrder → Esther ⓘ