Additions to Esther

Six passages — 107 verses — found in the Greek Septuagint but absent from the Hebrew Book of Esther. They introduce God, prayer, and Jewish religious identity into a text that otherwise never mentions them.|||Survives in Greek in the Septuagint. Appears in Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus, and Codex Sinaiticus. Two recensions differ considerably.|||Composed by anonymous Jewish authors, probably in Palestine, in the 2nd or 1st century BCE.|||Deuterocanonical in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Not canonical in Protestant or Jewish traditions.|||Fill the theological gaps in the Hebrew Esther — God, prayer, and covenant. Show how the Esther tradition developed in Greek-speaking Judaism.|||Moore, C. A. Esther. Anchor Bible. Doubleday, 1971.|||Clines, D. J. A. The Esther Scroll: The Story of the Story. JSOT Press, 1984.|||Wills, L. M. The Jew in the Court of the Foreign King. Fortress Press, 1990.|||Additions to Esther — Early Jewish Writings|https://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/additionsesther.html|Full translation and scholarly resources.;; Additions to Esther — Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additions_to_Esther|Background and scholarly discussion.|||" O God, who has dominion over all, hear the prayer of those who have no hope but in you." — Addition C (paraphrase)