[Avodah] Darshening the Megillah

[Lisa Liel]

On 3/19/2012 8:50 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 05:16:22PM -0500, Lisa Liel wrote:
>    
>>> You are speaking of canonical order, I'm am speaking of historical order
>>> of canonization. Thanks for pushing me to be more clear.
>>>        
>    
>> Are you sure that it was canonized later than Shir HaShirim, for example?
>>      
> I think so, because Esther is the only book of Tanakh not found among
> the Dead Sea Scrolls. Which would imply to me that it was the only book
> of the canon not accepted by all Jews when their sect split off.
I think it's more likely that the sectarians at Qumran rejected it 
because it doesn't contain Hashem's name in it.  Assuming that they 
maintained the norms of Klal Yisrael is a bit far-fetched, IMO.

Lisa