Historians have long struggled to identify Ester Hamalkah- Queen Ester...
Assuming
Achashveirosh is in fact Xerxes, the forth known major Persian king,
historians relate his queen to be Amestris- the daughter of a MILITARY
COMMANDER, and not the daughter of Mordechai- a member of Sanhedrin....
The options that have been proposed thus far, are:
1. Amestris refers to Vashti
2. Ester was only a lesser wife
3. Historians got it all wrong
We suggest that Ester WAS the daughter of a military commander....
Dude, Mordechai adopted esther, and possibly married her.
ReplyDeleteShe wasn't his daughter.
Her parents died when she was born.
Not only that, but Avichayil was Mordechai's uncle.
The medrashim say Mordechai was a military commander, so the medrashim and the historians agree. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThere are various opinions as to what Mordechai and Esther's relationship were to each other.
ReplyDeleteOpinions - shmopinions.
ReplyDeleteNobody says he was her father
Megillas Esther says Mordechai and Esther were COUSINS, not niece and uncle, not father and daughter.
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