Esther, fast of, [397] sq.;
the story of, acted as a comedy at Purim, [364]
——, the book of, its date and purpose, [360];
its Persian colouring, [362], [401];
duplication of the personages in, [400] sq.;
the personages unmasked, [405] sqq.
—— and Mordecai equivalent to Ishtar and Marduk, [405];
the duplicates of Vashti and Haman, [406]
—— and Vashti, temporary queens, [401]
Esthonian mode of transferring bad luck to trees, [54];