
[Bible] Episode 235: Aaron Koller - Biblicizing Esther
The Bible For Normal People
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The Diaspora and the Book of Esther
There are at least two, probably a little bit more, but at least two really different versions of the book in the Bible. And it's going to totally depend on which Bible you open. It used to be that if you opened a Catholic Bible, the Book of Esther would start in a very different way than if you opening a Protestant or Jewish Bible. The Catholic version has Mordecai having a dream. He sees two dragons who are fighting, and the fight threatens to overturn the entire world until a little spring comes out from the earth and becomes a river and brings peace.
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