Additions to Esther

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Additions to Esther is a set of Greek expansions to the biblical Book of Esther, found in the Septuagint and considered deuterocanonical in some Christian traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek expansion ⓘ
Septuagint text ⓘ
biblical text ⓘ
deuterocanonical book ⓘ
addsTo Masoretic Text of Esther ⓘ
linked to: Megillat Esther
approximateDate 2nd century BCE to 1st century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith Septuagint version of Esther ⓘ
linked to: Septuagint
canonicalStatus apocryphal in most Protestant traditions ⓘ
canonical in Ethiopian Orthodox canon ⓘ
deuterocanonical in Catholic Church ⓘ
deuterocanonical in Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
contains Esther’s audience with the king ⓘ
Mordecai’s dream ⓘ
edict of King Artaxerxes against the Jews ⓘ
interpretation of Mordecai’s dream ⓘ
prayer of Esther ⓘ
prayer of Mordecai ⓘ
revised royal edict in favor of the Jews ⓘ
emphasizes divine providence ⓘ
explicit references to God ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
featuresCharacter Esther ⓘ
Haman ⓘ
King Artaxerxes ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes

Mordecai ⓘ
genre prayer text ⓘ
religious narrative ⓘ
royal edict ⓘ
hasNumberOfAdditions 6 ⓘ
influenced liturgical readings in some Christian traditions ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
notInCanonOf Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Jewish Tanakh ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

most Protestant Bibles ⓘ
partOf Book of Esther ⓘ
linked to: Megillat Esther

Septuagint ⓘ
relatedFeast Purim ⓘ
religiousTradition Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
scholarlyDesignation Additions to the Book of Esther ⓘ
linked to: Additions to Esther

Greek Esther Additions ⓘ
linked to: Additions to Esther
textualRelation longer Greek version of Esther compared to Hebrew text ⓘ
usedIn Vulgate ⓘ

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Septuagint → includesDeuterocanonicalBook → Additions to Esther ⓘ
Additions to Esther → scholarlyDesignation → Greek Esther Additions ⓘ
linked to: Additions to Esther
Additions to Esther → scholarlyDesignation → Additions to the Book of Esther ⓘ
linked to: Additions to Esther
Apocrypha (in early editions) → containsWork → Additions to Esther ⓘ
Douay–Rheims Bible → includesBook → Additions to Esther ⓘ
Deuterocanonical books → contains → Additions to Esther ⓘ
RSV Catholic Edition → includesBook → Additions to Esther ⓘ