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Why Is Esther Missing from Qumran?

By Eugene Ulrich, Peter W. Flint

Of all the books of the Hebrew Bible, only Esther is not represented in the collection of scrolls unearthed in the Judean Desert caves overlooking the Dead Sea.a Among the 202 biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, not one scrap of Esther has been discovered.

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Footnotes

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[Or did she simply smile because she was so pleased at the news?—Ed.]

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See Rachel B.K. Sabua, “The Hidden Hand of God,” BR 08:01.