title: Esther: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries)
author:  Joyce G. Baldwin 
description: The Jews were threatened with genocide. A decree ordered the extermination of young and old, women and children. The place: Persia. The time: fifth century B.C. The book of Esther describes how this crisis was averted through the bravery of Esther, the wisdom of her stepfather and the unity of the Jewish people. It also reveals the God who quietly--and sometimes unexpectedly--works behind the scenes to order the events of our lives.Joyce Baldwin draws out the beauty and power of this book by discussing its background, structure and theology, and by providing a passage-by-passage analysis of its contents.
zlib_text: Esther, Queen of the Jews
  
  CB
  ConieCtanea BiBliCa 
  old testament series
  59
  ISSN 0069-8954 
  Editors: 
  Fredrik Lindström and Göran Eidevall
  
  Esther, Queen of the Jews
  The Status and Position of Esther 
  in the Old Testament
  Tal Davidovich
  Winona Lake, Indiana 
  eisenBrauns 
  2013
  
  Copyright © 2013 by Eisenbrauns 
  Winona Lake, Indiana 
  All rights reserved. 
   
  www.eisenbrauns.com
  Printed in the United States of America
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  Davidovich, Tal, 1969–
  Esther, Queen of the Jews : the status and position of Esther in the Old Testament /  
  Tal Davidovich.
     pages cm. — (Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series,  
     ISSN 0069-8954 ; 59)
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  ISBN 978-1-57506-818-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  1. Esther, Queen of Persia. 2. Bible. Esther—Criticism, interpretation, etc.  
  I. Title.
  BS580.E8D295 2013
  222′.906—dc23
   
  2013012682
  The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American 
  National Standa