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THE HIDDEN GOD OF ESTHER                     SESSION 4      Word
for law is Persian loan word - td*     Can also mean decree,
edict or commission     Appears only in Esther with 2 exceptions
-Deut 33:2 - a corrupt text that literally reads "fire was law
to them"             -Ezra 8:36 - in which it refers
specifically to Persian edicts     Used 19 times in Esther, a
book with only 10 chapters      First used in connection with
the law on drinking at the king's banquet (Esth 1:8) - each
reveler is to drink      as much as he desires (Note the
absurdity of this - a law to enforce personal indulgence)     At
same banquet, king expects to find a law to deal with
recalcitrant queens (Esth 1:15)              -King's advisors
propose a law to deal with this situation (Esth 1:19) - now
Vashti's refusal to                   appear before the king is
made law              -Author informs us that this law is
irreversible              -Contrast between g