should ester be in the Tanakh?

[John]

Should ester be includedin the Tanakh?

this question is produced on the fact that the dead sea scrolls contain copies of EVERY book of the Tanakh, save ester. Many Tanakh un-official canons did not include the book of ester.

also, there were many books questioned by hebraic canonical councils over the years. esster is one of them. ester is singled out by me on this because the other books like ecclesiastes, etc, that were questioned dont have as much loads of evidence against them being included in the canon.

i am not strongly against ester being in the canon. however, i think that given the historical records being against it, it should be regarded with little aauthority.

what do you guys think?

[pioneer]

It is an important part of Jewish history. The Tanack is the Jewish childs bible, history, math &ect. &ect. Could not be complete without it, No Purim?


BOOOOOOO! Haman/John. LOL

[John]

but if we are to include ester why should we not include jasher (i use this as an example)- that is an important part of our history as well.

but you do bring up a good opint.

why then, do the dead sea scrolls not contain a copy of it. not even one.

[pioneer]

Apr 16, 2009 18:13:25 GMT -5 John said:

but if we are to include ester why should we not include jasher (i use this as an example)- that is an important part of our history as well.

but you do bring up a good opint.

why then, do the dead sea scrolls not contain a copy of it. not even one.

I can't answer that, I don't have a clue.
Your guess is as good as mine.

[pioneer]

OBTW, Esther is important because it teaches about "In His Name" Yeshua came in the Name of G-d. Yeshua gives us the admonition to ask in "His name"