The Megillah: The Book of Esther (The ArtScroll Tanach Series)

Great! really well done!

i bought this a second-hand, and i was very happy with the condition it's in! the actual book i knew is great, and i was happy to get it second-hand for a lower price!!

These Artscroll books are wonderful.

Excellent source for understanding the Megillah Esther.

This is a beautiful-looking commentary on the biblical book Esther that is designed, as all ArtScroll books, biblical and non-biblical, to teach ultra-Orthodox Judaism. There is no attempt by ArtScroll in its biblical commentaries to offer readers the plain meaning of the Bible text. ArtScroll interprets the Bible using only rabbinical commentaries that reflect its view. People who dislike movies about biblical events and cringe when the plot and its details are so radically different than what is in scripture, may do the same here. But, like the films, if one has an open mind and if one keeps in mind that what is said is not biblical, one may find the interpretations interesting.In the introduction to this volume, ArtScroll states that its "aim was a specifically traditional commentary (meaning, one that reflects the ArtScroll ideology) reflecting the Megillah (meaning, the book of Esther), as understood by Chazal (general meaning, our sages, may their memory be a blessing - but meaning here, those sages who say what we want to hear). No non-Jewish sources have even been consulted, much less quoted (meaning, not only do we not use them, but do not even look at them). I consider it offensive that the Torah should need authentication from secular or so-called 'scientific' sources.”The issue, of course, is not one of "authentication," as ArtScroll states, but "interpretation." The issue is also a refusal to agree with the greatest mind of Judaism, Maimonides, who wrote: "The truth is the truth no matter what its source." Contrary to ArtScroll, Maimonides even used the ideas of the famed pagan philosopher Aristotle when he interpreted the Bible and taught philosophy. The issue is what does the Bile say, not what we want it to say.

Grest book, on time