The Book of Esther

The book of Esther opens with Xerxes planning a gigantic campaign, the biggest the world would ever see to go and teach those dirty Greeks a lesson. The story by the anonymous author is set against the backdrop of this super well known global historical political military event that is about to unfold. But whatever the case Xerxes comes off as pretty silly early on in the book. And he deposes the queen and then decides to have a contest to pick a replacement queen.