Additions to Esther
six chapters of the Book of Esther, interspersed throughout in the Septuagint, but absent in the Hebrew; considered canonical in many Christian traditions, but not in Judaism or most forms of Protestantism
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Additions to Esther refers to several additional chapters to the Book of Esther found in the Septuagint. They are distributed among the conventional Book of Esther and are found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles but generally not in ones used by Protestants. Some of the additions are:
- Mordechai's dream, his later interpretation of the dream in light of what happened to him in real life
- Details of the decree against the Jews
