The position concerning Jewish ethnicity that Esther supports is the set of the Persian court and the multiple forms in which this book exists to address the Persian and Greek periods of Israel’s story. Ahasuerus was the King of Persia in 485-464 BCE, and while he and his friends were having a banquet he asked his queen, Vashti to appear before his guest. Because she refused the king deposed her as queen and a national search for a new queen was set out. Ester was discovered during a pageant where she hid her ethnicity with a veil. Because of her beauty, she was brought back to the king. Haman, an evil man had convinced the king to wipe out all the Jews and the king set the proclamation to do so. As the day drew near Ester came before the king
