There is no historical record of a personage known as Esther, or a queen called Vashti or a vizier Haman, or a high placed courtier Mordecai. Mordecai was said to have been among the exiles …

May 18, 2018 · Persian Queen Esther (492 B.C.–c. 460 B.C.), born as a Jewish exile named Hadasseh, eventually became the queen of Persia, which during her lifetime was the greatest empire in the …

Dec 26, 2025 · Esther is the heroine and central figure in the Book of Esther of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. The wife of the Persian king Xerxes I, she (with her cousin Mordecai) …

Esther (אסתר) was a Jewish woman who lived in Persia during the period following the destruction of the First Holy Temple, when many Jews had been taken as slaves to Babylonia, which was …

Oct 4, 2025 · According to Biblical tradition, a young Jewish woman named Esther became Queen of Persia during the reign of Xerxes the Great and saved her people, the Jews, from a terrible massacre.

Discover the extraordinary story of Esther, the young Jewish woman who became Queen of Persia in the 5th century B.C., and whose courage saved her people from a genocide planned by Haman, …

Discover the powerful story of Esther, the Jewish queen who saved her people in the Persian Empire. Learn how this biblical tale unfolds in ancient Iran and shaped the festival of Purim.

As a result, not much is known about Queen Esther. What little we do know comes from the Book of Esther, found in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. Esther was born as Hadassah in (presumably) …

Mar 18, 2025 · The story of Esther is set in the days of the Persian Empire during the reign of King Ahasuerus, known in the Greek translation as King Xerxes (484-464 BC). Mordecai, Esther’s uncle …

Esther, a central figure in the Hebrew Bible, is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther. Her account is set during the reign of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) of Persia, and she is celebrated for her …