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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

1. The total	absence			of any	reference	to God
Why study the Book of Esther?
• It’s part of		God’s		Word .
• Based on Psalm 138:2b God’s name may not be in						it	,
but	it	is	on	it .
• It offers tremendous				hope	.
• It extends a vital perspective on the					providence	of _	God .
Merriam Webster’s deinition of providence: “God conceived as the
power		sustaining		and	guiding	human

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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Ephesians 1:11—Even when we’re blind to the evidence, God

“ works	out	everything	in conformity with the
purpose	of His will.”
Philippians 2:13—God “ works__			in	you to will and to act
according to His good _______purpose______.”

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 .


3. The God-ordained emphasis on __human __		responsibility ____
According to Word Biblical Commentary, the inspired author of Esther
“lays all the stress on the human	contribution to the

divine-human synergism ” [combined or shared energy].

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esther 2:1-7

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


• He was a	Jew	(6:10; 8:7; 9:31; 10:3; 5:13).
“Its signiﬁcance is indicated by the fact that this is the				only
time	in the whole Old Testament that a		native	member

of the community of Israel is named and identiﬁed by a gentilic.”1

• He was an	exile	.
Esther 2:6 “employs the root of the word for exile (glh) in four distinct
constructions, lest the full measure of the Jewish plight be overlooked.”2
View the repetition in the King James Version: “Who had been
carried	away	from Jerusalem with the	captivity	which
had been	carried	away with Jeconiah king of Judah whom
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried				away .”

• He was a sudden

parent

to his cousin

.

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Part Two

A Character Sketch of Esther


• She was named		Hadassah		.
This Jewish name comes from the word for “ myrtle					”
and means “		fragrance		.”3
• She was	orphaned		.
• She was	brought			up by her male	cousin	.
• She was	lovely .

Scenario #2


It’s tough being a woman in a					world	where
beauty	is a	treatment			.
• She was also known			as	Esther		.
This Persian name means “ star					.”

Perhaps even more signiﬁcantly, “the name Esther comes from the

verbal root in Hebrew str, meaning ‘to

conceal

.’ ”4

<![endif]>esther 2:1-7 W e e k 1 • A R o y a l M e s s

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esther 3:1-5

viewer guide y session two

Scenario #3

It’s tough being a woman in a mean

world .

1.

Meanness

always has a

history

.

Consider the history of these two rivals.

Mordecai,

a

Jew

from the tribe of

Benjamin and a descendant of

King Saul

Haman,

a presumed Amalekite and descendant

of

Agag

, their king during

Saul’s reign

The disobeyed

instruction:

1 Samuel 15:10-23,30

The revealed

explanation :

Deuteronomy 25:17-19

(Referring to Ex. 17:8-16.)

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Exodus 17:16—“ The

LORD

will be at war against the

Amalekites from generation to generation.”

2.

Meanness

perceives a threat (2 Cor. 10:12).

3.

Meanness

catches like a

virus

.

•The word Agag is believed to be related to an Assyrian term (agagu)

that means “to be

powerful

, vehement,

angry

.”5

•The name “Haman” sounds similar to the Hebrew word for

wrath (Hebrew, heman).6 (Compare Prov. 22:24-25.)

Consider the following quote

“Surely as Christians we must recognize the ‘			spirit
_ of	Haman ’ not only in our world but
within	ourselves	.”7

4. Meanness

is

curable

(Rom. 12:17-21).

<![endif]>esther 3:1-5 W e e k 2 • A C o n t e s t f o r a Q u e e n

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esther 4:1-14

viewer guide y session three

The Human Dilemma of Destiny

Many of the biblical ﬁgures who fulﬁlled their God-appointed

destinies shared some of Esther’s basic inner conﬂicts.

Consider the dilemma of destiny from a human perspective:

1. The

poor

timing

. Reﬂect on Esther 4:11b.

2. The

unreasonable

expectation

.

Scenario #4

It’s tough being a woman	thrown	a
giant - size	weight .

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3. The		risky		identiﬁcation				.
• Remember, destiny appoints						one	__ but affects __		__.
								many
• The		revelation			of a person’s destiny always demands
a revelation of the				person			. Consider the wording “if you
remain silent at this time.” The Hebrew word translated silent in this
verse can also be translated						conceal		.

4. The	unanswered	question		.
(See verse 14.)
“The sentence contains a igure of speech known as aposiopesis—a
sudden	breaking	off	of what was being said or written
so that the mind is more impressed by what is				left	unsaid ,
it being too wonderful, solemn or awful to verbalize. In English
this igure is sometimes called the ‘sudden				silence	.’ ”8

<![endif]>esther 4:1-14 W e e k 3 • A R a g i n g P a s s i o n f o r H o n o r

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esther 4:11-17

viewer guide y session four

Part One

Our protagonist made three shifts that moved her

from self-preservation to brave determination.


1. Esther had a	choice		.
“She [Esther] had to		overcome		herself	in order to

do what God had created her and positioned her to do.”9

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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