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== The project begins: Esther א==  

== The project begins: Esther א==  

The [[Book of Esther]] is a historical account in the [[Old Testament]], which is about 10 chapters long (about 181 verses) and six pages long in the [[NIV]] version.<ref>NIV pp. 413-19.</ref><ref>The Book of Esther has 16 chapters in the Catholic version.[http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/OT-Statistics-NAB.htm]</ref>

The [[Book of Esther]] is a historical account in the [[Old Testament]], which is about 10 chapters long (about 181 verses) and six pages long in the [[NIV]] version.<ref>NIV pp. 413-19.</ref><ref>The Book of Esther has 16 chapters in the Catholic version.[http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/OT-Statistics-NAB.htm]</ref>  The Book of Esther is unusual in never mentioning the name of [[God]]; instead, the book conveys insights on topics of "knowledge, wisdom, holiness, and love."<ref>http://www.trivia-library.com/a/bible-numbers-and-statistics.htm</ref>

 

Written in the second or third century B.C., the entire [[Book of Esther]] is read aloud at the Jewish celebration of Purim.<ref>http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm</ref>

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