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The name "Mordecai" is of uncertain origin but is considered identical to the name Marduka or Marduku (Elamite: 𒈥𒁺𒋡), attested as the name of up to four Persian court officials in thirty texts (the Persepolis Administrative Archives) from the period of Xerxes I and his father Darius.
As for the identity of Mordecai, the similar names Marduka and Marduku have been found as the name of officials in the Persian court in over thirty texts from the period of Xerxes I and his father Darius I, and may refer to up to four individuals, one of whom might be the model for the biblical Mordecai. The "Old Greek" Septuagint version of ...
Haman, as an Amalekite, is opposed to Mordecai, the descendant of Kish (Esth[er] 2:5) ... The meaning is that there is an internecine struggle between the Jews and their enemies, like that between Saul and Agag of old." [1] With this understanding, the Greek translator rendered the term "Macedonian." [2]
The festival which the book explains is Purim, which is explained as meaning "lot", from the Babylonian word puru. One popular theory says the festival has its origins in a historicized Babylonian myth or ritual in which Mordecai and Esther represent the Babylonian gods Marduk and Ishtar , while others trace the ritual to the Persian New Year ...
Haman Begging the Mercy of Esther, by Rembrandt. Haman (Hebrew: הָמָן Hāmān; also known as Haman the Agagite) is the main antagonist in the Book of Esther, who according to the Hebrew Bible was an official in the court of the Persian empire under King Ahasuerus, commonly identified as Xerxes I (died 465 BCE) but traditionally equated with Artaxerxes I or Artaxerxes II. [1]
This section records the communication between Mordecai and Esther, which passed through three stages: [8] Esther's gift of clothes to Mordecai was rejected. No words were spoken. Oral and written messages were sent from Mordecai to Esther, but the words are not reported. (verses 5–9) Exchange of words between Esther and Mordecai are narrated.
The origins of these words go way back to the seventh or eighth century B.C.E, Beaulieu says, but the basic concepts are still relevant today and apply to the modern world.
Mordecai, a character in Gearbox Software's Borderlands; Mordecai Heller, a male feline character in the webcomic Lackadaisy; Mordechai Jefferson Carver, a character from the film The Hebrew Hammer; Mordecai Green, fictional lawyer for the poor in John Grisham's The Street Lawyer; Dr. Mordecai Sahmbi, character from the sci-fi television show ...