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The shorter Hebrew version of the Book of Esther is read aloud at the Jewish celebration of Purim.<ref>[http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm Judaism 101 Purim <big>'''פּורים'''</big>]</ref>
The shorter Hebrew version of the Book of Esther is read aloud at the Jewish celebration of Purim.<ref>[http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm Judaism 101 Purim <big>'''פּורים'''</big>]</ref>
The Book of Esther is not quoted in any book of the New Testament.
===Antitypical relevance===
The Book of Esther is not quoted in any book of the New Testament. However, some theologians have explored a type/antitype connection between Esther and the Christian church, pointing to the analogy of the church symbolically represented by a beautiful chaste woman mentioned in Ephesians 5 and the [[Book of Revelation]].
===Chapter summaries===
===Chapter summaries===