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Acrostic
A series of poetic lines or verses whose initial letters form the alphabet, a word, or a regular pattern, as in Lamentations 1- 4, Psalms 111, 112, and 119. TERM 2
Ahasuerus
DEFINITION 2 The king of Persia during the time of Esther, identified as Xerxes I (486-465). TERM 3
Allegory
DEFINITION 3 A literary device in which characters and events stand for abstract ideas, principles, or forces, so that the literal sense has or suggests a parallel, deeper symbolic sense. TERM 4
Bethlehem
DEFINITION 4 A city in the tribe of Judah, hometown of David; literally means "house of bread." TERM 5
Boaz
DEFINITION 5 A wealthy Israelite who lived in Bethlehem; he married Ruth and became an ancestor of David.
Esther
A Jewish heroine of the diaspora who became queen of Persia under Xerxes I, called Ahasuerus in the story; she secured the safety of the Jews when they were threatened with genocide; her story is told in the book that carries her name. TERM 7
Five Scrolls
DEFINITION 7 (also called the Five Megillot) A subgroup of books within the Writings section of the Hebrew Bible consisting of the Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther; each book or scroll is associated with a festival occasion in the life of Israel. TERM 8
Haman
DEFINITION 8 The wicked opponent of Mordecai and the Jews in the book of Esther. TERM 9
Mordecai
DEFINITION 9 The uncle of Esther who looked after her and urged her to do everything in her power to effect the deliverance of the Jews throughout the Persian empire. TERM 10
Naomi
DEFINITION 10 The Israelite mother-in-law of Ruth.
