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Old Testament Historical Books (OT5) Esther Ross Arnold, Winter 2014 Lakeside institute of Theology

Old Testament Historical Books (OT5) Introduction; Book of Joshua: Conquest and Partition of the Land Judges & Ruth: Moral Crisis 1st & 2nd Samuel: The United Kingdom; David the Great King 1st & 2nd Kings: Solomon; Division and Destruction 1st & 2nd Chronicles: Sacred History Retold Ezra & Nehemiah: Rebuilding Esther; Final Exam

Law/History 5+12 Wisdom 5 Prophets 5+12 39 27 66

The Book of Esther

550-330 BC

(Susa)

*Esther saves the Jews (8-10) The Book of Esther Author: Unknown (trad. Mordecai) Date: c. 460 BC - 435 BC Purpose: To tell how the Jews were protected and preserved by God even while in exile. Outline: *Search for a new Queen (1-2) *Haman’s Plot (3) *Esther’s Plan (4-6) *Haman’s Downfall (7) *Esther saves the Jews (8-10)

Outline of Esther The Feast of Xerxes (Ahasuerus) (1:1-2:18) Queen Vashti deposed (ch.1) Esther made queen (2:1-18) The Feasts of Esther (2:19-7:10) Mordecai uncovers a plot (2:19-23) Haman’s plot (ch.3) Mordecai persuades Esther to help (ch.4) Esther’s request to the king: her first banquet (5:1-8) A sleepless night (5:9-6:14) Esther’s second banquet; Haman hanged (ch.7) The feasts of Purim (chs.8-10) The king’s edict on behalf of the Jews (ch.8) The institution of Purim (ch.9) The promotion of Mordecai (ch.10)

The Book of Esther Key Verses Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews-young and old, women and little children-on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. Esther 3:13 NIV "Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 14For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?" Esther 4:13-14 NIV