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Definition of Additions to esther
1. Noun. An Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Esther.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Additions To Esther
Literary usage of Additions to esther
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"This Codex, which contains Hie apocryphal additions to Esther, was copied from
one written by the ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Jerome placed these additions at the end of his translation, as " Additions to
Esther " among the Apocrypha. ..."
3. The Bible for Young People by Henricus Oort, Isaäc Hooykaas, Abraham Kuenen (1879)
"Oldest portions of book of Enoch. About 106. I. Maccabees. Soon afterwards II.
Maccabees. Additions to Esther. Tobit. Prayer of Manasseh. ROMAN PERIOD. ..."
4. The Bible for young people, by H. Oort and I. Hooykaas, with the assistance by Henricus Oort, Isaäc Hooykaas (1879)
"Oldest portions of book of Enoch. About 106. I. Maccabees. Soon afterwards II.
Maccabees. Additions to Esther. Tobit. ..."