Download or read book The Two Targums of Esther written by Bernard Grossfeld and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is called the Magillat Esther ("Scroll of Esther") is part of the biblical group of books in the Hagiographa known as the "Five Megillot," designating Esther, the Scrolls of Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, and Ecclesiastes. These five scrolls play an integral part in Jewish liturgy next to the Pentateuch; and yet Esther (as well as others of these five) had difficulty being included in the Hebrew canon as sacred Scripture.