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Six chapters of Esther (10:4—16:24), consisting of a collection of portions of the text, which Jerome separated and moved out of sequence and out of context and placed at the end of the book of Esther in his Latin Vulgate translation, were first removed entirely from the Old Testament and placed in the Apocrypha by Martin Luther in the 16th century. This effectively removed from the canon of the Protestant Bible all of the prayers in the Book of Esther and every mention of God. The parts of Esther that were thus removed from the Bible are regarded as apocryphal by less than one-third of Christian believers.<ref name=Prot/>
Six chapters of Esther (10:4—16:24), consisting of a collection of portions of the text, which Jerome separated and moved out of sequence and out of context and placed at the end of the book of Esther in his Latin Vulgate translation, were first removed entirely from the Old Testament and placed in the Apocrypha by Martin Luther in the 16th century. This effectively removed from the canon of the Protestant Bible all of the prayers in the Book of Esther and every mention of God. The parts of Esther that were thus removed from the Bible are regarded as apocryphal by less than one-third of Christian believers.<ref name=Prot/>
Liberal feminists praise the disobedient Vashti and marginalize the Book of Esther's theme of feminine graciousness and humility.
See [[Rest of Esther (Bible)]].<br/>See [[Apocrypha]].
See [[Rest of Esther (Bible)]].<br/>See [[Apocrypha]].