Why Is Esther Missing from Qumran?

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Journal Article

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Abegg, Martin G. Jr.

Flint, Peter W.

Ulrich, Eugene C.

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1999

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Why Is Esther Missing from Qumran?

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Bible Review

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15

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4

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2

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The Old Testament book of Esther is curiously missing from the recovered Dead Sea Scrolls. There are several possible explanations, among them the disgust some may have felt that Esther, a Jew, was married to a Persian king.

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Esther

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http://search.proquest.com/docview/214720509/13C2E2624DF220920AD/2?accountid=14546

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21/11/1999

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14 801