As Jews around the world hear the Book of Esther read aloud this Purim, they might not know that they’re listening to the most biblical of all Jewish texts — or so claims Prof. Jacob L.

The Scroll of Esther is said to be the last book added to the biblical canon. It is an odd, improbable story, farcical in nature, filled with absurd, exaggerated descriptions of the king and court ...

Not realising it was loaded, he pulled the trigger and Priscilla was shot in the chest. As Esther read on she discovered that Priscilla later died from the wound at University College Hospital ...