No Happy Ending for Esther

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No Happy Ending for Esther

By Berel Dov Lerner.

Jewish Bible Quarterly, Vol. 29:1 (2001)

Introduction: Jews often view the Book of Esther (to which I shall refer by the single Hebrew word Megillah, or “scroll”) as a light, almost comical, biblical... [continue reading]

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