Biblical Reading and Reflections: July 11th (Esther 7 & 1 Timothy 3)
Alastair's Adversaria
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Persia's Queen, Esther, Is a Jew, Not a Persian Queen
Haman offered king 36 million shekels of silver for the destruction of the jews. As esther presents the issue, haman appeared to be swindling king xerxes out of a huge sum of money. If there were a million jews in the persian empire, or if the narrator thought there were, their value on the slave market would have far exceeded haman's bribe. Aves in thePersian era sold for about 60 to 90 shekels. So the jew's market value would have far exceed the value of the bribe.
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