Four Strange Books of the Bible: Jonah, Daniel, Koheleth, Esther |
Contents
DANIEL OR THE FULFILLED PROPHECY | 51 |
Notes to Daniel | 136 |
THE SCROLL OF ESTHER OR ESTHER | 169 |
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Adar Ahasuerus ancient Antiochus Aramaic Artaxerxes Artaxerxes II Assyrian Aufklärung Babylon Babylonian beasts became believed Belshazzar Ben Sira Bible biblical Book of Daniel Book of Esther Book of Jonah century B.C.E. Christian Church commentators court courtier Cyrus Daniel Darius death decree Deists deity divine dream Ecclesiastes edict Egypt Egyptian empire enemies Epiphanes eunuchs evil faith Gentiles German God's gods Greek Greek Esther Haman heathen Hebrew Hellenistic Herodotus idols interpretation Israel Jeremiah Jerome Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Josephus kingdom Koheleth later lions Lord Lysimachus Maccabees meaning Mordecai Nabonidus Nebuchad Nebuchadnezzar nezzar Nineveh Ninevites oracle Oriental pagan persecution Persian king pesher philosophers pious plot Porphyry prayer predicted prophecy prophet Ptolemy Purim queen rabbis readers religion repent revelation Roman royal sage saved says Scroll seer Seleucid Sira speaks story Susa tale Temple theologians three youths tion Vashti vision vizir words worship writing written Xerxes