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King ESTHER: FAR AND SOMETIME AGO (Secrets of the Bible Sequence) (1994) http://www.cjlmilwaukee.org/Video/Vi...days-purim.htm Section of a number of movies made by The Arts and Entertainment channel which start using a scholarly method of examine stories of the BibleAaaand discover which components we all know to be correct from archaeological and historical resources. Because they investigate in-depth the history of the Book of Esther that movie uses traditional and Biblical students. Can a lady of Persia came to such strength, and was there really a King Ahasuerus? Why was the Book of Esther the only real guide of the Old Testament missing from The Dead Sea Scrolls? Students trip to the spoils of the old Persian Palace of Persepolis in the desert of Iran to throw further light with this account. See also http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b...er/016488.html http://www.christianleadershipcenter.org/bibarch13.htm Archaeology and the Book of Esther While archaeology hasn't specifically established the functions in the Book of Esther, there's adequate information to exhibit that the book is practical and suits the time extremely well. Esther involves power throughout the reign of Xerxes (486-465). The local title is Khshayarsha, or in Hebrew, Ahasuerus (see Est. 1:1). This is actually the master who had been soundly beaten by Greece at the Battle of Thermopylae, and also found his navy damaged at the Battle of Salamis. Herodotus says he returned home to pay for more focus on domestic issues and particularly to his harem. It's quite possible that Vashti the Queen thought she might escape the king since his strength was reduced with such key defeats--but she was wrong. Esther was made king in the 7th year of his rule, about 479, after he'd return from Greece. What we all know from the book is that the story matches this era correctly. There's no Hellenic color to when it was later the book, which might expect. Shushan may be the money, and that's demonstrably Elamite Susa. Mordechai, the uncle, had been administered a name from the faith of Marduk. And the entire custom of fixing a day for the exploitation of the Jews with a chop was typical. This became the important way of memorializing the activities, since the term for AaA'die, lotAaA is pur. Ergo, the Jews observe the Feast of Purim. http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/Esther http://www.iranica.com/articles/v8f6/v8f6100.html http://www.library.yale.edu/exhibiti...a/bcsml.5.html http://admin.muslimsonline.com/~isla...nal/haman.html