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The last verse at the end of the longer Greek version of the Book of Esther (11:1) strongly indicates that the whole of the book in Greek ("''this epistle of Phurim''") as it appears in the Septuagint was a translation [interpreted] by "Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus" of the whole of a larger Hebrew text original, a text in content more extensive and inclusive than the version adopted by the Jews for their Hebrew canon.<blockquote>"In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus his son, brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said was the same, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, that was in Jerusalem, had interpreted it." Greek Esther 11:1.</blockquote>
The last verse at the end of the longer Greek version of the Book of Esther (11:1) strongly indicates that the whole of the book in Greek ("''this epistle of Phurim''") as it appears in the Septuagint was a translation [interpreted] by "Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus" of the whole of a larger Hebrew text original, a text in content more extensive and inclusive than the version adopted by the Jews for their Hebrew canon.<blockquote>"In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus his son, brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said was the same, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, that was in Jerusalem, had interpreted it." Greek Esther 11:1.</blockquote>
===Antitypical relevance===
===Antitypical relevance at the Christian church===
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]].
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]].