Biblically Compatible Archaeology and Geography

  by   Damien F. Mackey   {For Part One, see: http://bookofesther-amaic.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/is-book-of-esther-real-history.html }   {For Part Two, see: http://bookofesther-amaic.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/is-book-of-esther-real-history-part-two.html }         Introduction According to the biblical to historical scenario that I have developed for the Book of Esther: King Ahasuerus is King Evil-Merodach; and Haman is King Jehoiachin ‘the Captive’, a Jew; Haman’s ten sons being the many sons of Jehoiachin; and Hammedatha is Hammutal, the mother of Jehoiachin.   But Jehoiachin is also the “Neri” of Luke 3:27, who is, in turn, King Neri glissar of Babylon. …. For complete article, see: http://bookofesther-amaic.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/is-book-of-esther-real-history-part.html

    by   Damien F. Mackey       {For Part One, see: http://bookofesther-amaic.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/is-book-of-esther-real-history.html }       Introduction So far I have concluded, based on some compelling Jewish legends, that Haman of the Book of Esther was actually a Jew, not an Amalekite (etc.), and that he was in fact King Jehoiachin. And that the opinion that he was an Agagite, or an Amalekite (Greek: Amali̱kíti̱s ) may have arisen from Jehoiachin’s chief epithet, “Captive” (Greek: aichmálo̱tos ) , of similar phonetics. …. …. For complete article, see: http://bookofesther-amaic.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/is-book-of-esther-real-history-part-two.html

 Is the Book of Esther a Real History? by Damien F. Mackey Though I think that it is, all of my previous attempts to demonstrate this have come unstuck. This time around I am going to take as my starting point, for Esther as a real history, these two interesting clues, that may possibly be connectable: Firstly, Louis Ginzberg’s ‘substantial evidence that Mordecai and Haman were both Jews who knew each other well’ ( The Legends of the Jews ). [See further on] And, secondly, a synthesis of the elevation of the Jewish king, Jehoiachin, by an eastern king: 2 Kings 25: 27-28 : Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. with the elevation of Haman by an eastern king: Esther 3:1 : After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hamm...