[HANASHIR:5367] Re: No God, but there is MELECH

[Andy Curry <acurry...>]

Dear R. Klein,

That's an interesting observation.  I've noticed before how often
"hamelech" appears.  Might we also infer from that repetition a sarcasm or
mockery of those human rulers might think of themselves as divine?  Every
time we read "the [so-called] king", we think of the One who is truly
Hamelech and note the inevitable contrast?

Andy

At 10:16 AM 2/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
>By the way, one way to get around the missing reference to God is to note
>that the word MELECH punctuates each column of scribally-written Esther.
>While the Melech of the book refers to Ahashueros, the pattern implies that
>the Melech Malchey Hamlachim, the supreme Ruler, i.e. God, is present on
>every page of the book of Esther.
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