Story · 29 · The Queen
Mordecai's pride nearly doomed his people
Mordecai refused to bow to the king's top official, Haman, saying only that he was a Jew. Jewish law didn't forbid it. Haman's fury turned into a plan to destroy all the Jews.
One man's defiance can endanger a whole people.
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Jeremiah had urged Judah to bend its neck to Babylon and live. Mordecai's stubbornness echoes the recalcitrance the Bible repeatedly rejects. Haman's accusation, a people scattered with different laws, has haunted Jewish history.
Bible reference: Esther 3:1–9
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 453–455
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