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A God-sized void

Esther's authors weren't secularists. They deliberately created a God-shaped void that the characters never pray to fill.

God remains hidden.

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The question it poses: can one live as a Jew without homeland, prayer, or commandments? Its answer: yes.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 457

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