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Mordecai ( / ˈmɔːrdɪkaɪ, mɔːrdɪˈkeɪaɪ /; [1] also Mordechai; Hebrew: מָרְדֳּכַי, Modern: Mŏrdoḵay, Tiberian: Mārdoḵay, [a] IPA: [moʁdeˈχaj]) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described in Tanna Devei Eliyahu as being the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin and ...
A tomb of Esther and Mordechai is at Hamadan, within a mausoleum believed to have been built in the 1600s, [2] and is first attested in the 11th century. Benjamin of Tudela visited the city, in which he reckoned there were 50,000 Jewish inhabitants, and described the tomb as in front of the synagogue. [4] [5] Shahin Shirazi, in his 14th century ...
Scroll of Esther (Megillah) The Megillat Esther (Book of Esther) became the last of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible to be canonized by the Sages of the Great Assembly. According to the Talmud, it was a redaction by the Great Assembly of an original text by Mordecai. [16] It is usually dated to the 4th century BCE.
Esther 10. The Triumph of Mordecai (1556), by Paolo Veronese (1528–1588). Esther 10 is the tenth (and the final) chapter of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, [1] The author of the book is unknown and modern scholars have established that the final stage of the Hebrew text would have been ...
v. t. e. Purim ( / ˈpʊərɪm /; פּוּרִים Pūrīm ⓘ, lit.' lots '; see Name below) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from annihilation at the hands of an official of the Achaemenid Empire named Haman, as it is recounted in the Book of Esther (usually dated to the 5th century BCE).
Esther. Esther, [a] originally Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and marries her. [1] His grand vizier Haman is offended by Esther's cousin and guardian Mordecai because of ...
Bigthan ( Hebrew: בִּגְתָן, בִּגְתָנָא Bīgṯān, Bīgṯānāʾ. . ) and Teresh ( Hebrew: תֶרֶשׁ Ṯereš) were two eunuchs in service of the Persian king Ahasuerus, according to the chapter 2 of the Book of Esther. [1] According to the deuterocanonical / apocryphal additions to the Book of Esther available in the ...
Ahasuerus ( / əˌhæzjuˈɪərəs / ə-HAZ-ew-EER-əs; Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, Modern: ʾAḥašvērōš, Tiberian: ʾĂẖašwērōš, commonly Achashverosh; [a] Koine Greek: Ἀσουήρος, romanized : Asouḗros, in the Septuagint; Latin: Assuerus in the Vulgate) is a name applied in the Hebrew Bible to three rulers of ...
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