The queen of Ahasuerus, and heroine of the book that bears her name. Sh e was aJewess named Hadas'sah (the myrtle), but when she entered the roy al harem she received the name by which she henceforth became known (Est her 2:7). It is a Syro-Arabian modific (s??tr) (KEY) , book of the Bible. It is the tale of the beautiful Jewi sh womanEsther [Heb.,= Hadassah], who is chosen as queen by the Persian King Ahasuerus(Xerxes I or II) after he has repudiated his previous wife , Vashti. It tells how the wicked coc
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