Beth Moore Esther Form is an excellent resource for understanding the book of Esther. This form can be used to study the book of Esther on your own, with a small group, or in a class setting. The form includes commentary from Beth Moore and background information that will help you further understand the book of Esther. The form also includes questions to help you study and apply the Scriptures. I highly recommend using this form if you want to study the book of Esther in depth. Are you interested in studying the Bible but don't know where to start? If so, Beth Moore's Esther Form is an excellent resource for getting started.
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esther
it’s tough being a woman
BETH MOORE
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esther
viewer guide y introduction
The Background of Esther in the Hebrew Bible and Tradition
The Book of Esther is also known as the Megillah .
Historical Background
Like the Book of Daniel, Esther is a Diaspora story.
The Uniqueness of the Book of Esther
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destiny .” Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary adds, “In so doing [in His providence] God attends not only to apparently momentous events and people but also to those that seem both
mundane and trivial . … Indeed, so all encompassing is God’s attention to events within creation that nothing …
happens by chance .”
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according to His good _______purpose______.” |
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2. The title bears a ___ woman’s___ ___ name___.
Throughout the next nine weeks we’ll consider different scenarios to underscore the concept captured in our study’s title.
Scenario #1
It’s tough being a woman in another woman’s shadow .
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viewer guide y session one
Today’s session introduces our protagonist and most vital supporting actor. We will use these important “first mentions” to help us draw character sketches of each based on what we know and what we also might imagine.
Part One
A Character Sketch
of Mordecai
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of the community of Israel is named and identified by a gentilic.”1
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Esther 2:6 “employs the root of the word for exile (glh) in four distinct |
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constructions, lest the full measure of the Jewish plight be overlooked.”2 |
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View the repetition in the King James Version: “Who had been |
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Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried |
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Part Two
A Character Sketch of Esther
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Hadassah |
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Scenario #2
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This Persian name means “ star |
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Perhaps even more significantly, “the name Esther comes from the
verbal root in Hebrew str, meaning ‘to |
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viewer guide y session two
Scenario #3
It’s tough being a woman in a mean |
world . |
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Meanness |
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history |
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Consider the history of these two rivals.
Mordecai,
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Benjamin and a descendant of
King Saul
Haman,
a presumed Amalekite and descendant
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Agag |
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Saul’s reign
The disobeyed
instruction:
1 Samuel
The revealed
explanation :
Deuteronomy
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Exodus |
LORD |
will be at war against the |
Amalekites from generation to generation.”
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Meanness |
perceives a threat (2 Cor. 10:12). |
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Meanness |
catches like a |
virus |
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•The word Agag is believed to be related to an Assyrian term (agagu)
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angry |
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•The name “Haman” sounds similar to the Hebrew word for
wrath (Hebrew, heman).6 (Compare Prov.
Consider the following quote
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viewer guide y session three
The Human Dilemma of Destiny
Many of the biblical figures who fulfilled their
destinies shared some of Esther’s basic inner conflicts.
Consider the dilemma of destiny from a human perspective:
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Scenario #4
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viewer guide y session four
Part One
Our protagonist made three shifts that moved her
from
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2. Esther faced the fear .
Consider general fears, then our context’s specific fear:
• Facing any ___fear
And if ____________________________, then ___________.
[your answers here]
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