The Bible contains a story of how a young Jewish woman named Esther became the Queen of Persia and saved the Jews from an ...

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Esther, King Ahasuerus and Haman have another feast the next day, and Esther reveals to the king that she is Jewish and asks for her people to be allowed to remain safely in the empire.

“Esther and Ahasuerus,” by Geldorp Gortzius, captures Esther’s sex appeal as she grasps the king’s golden scepter that signals the bestowing of his favor. ‘Esther Scroll,’ by Salom Italia, Amsterdam, ...

Esther’s cousin Mordecai implores Esther to persuade the king to retract it. She throws a banquet, asks to see the King (a defiant act for a woman), and reveals that she is one of the people who ...

Esther finally agrees to approach the king and bids him to come to not one but two parties that she orchestrates. Curiously, she also invites archenemy Haman to attend, ...