The Biblical Book of Esther tells of Queen Vashti, wife of King Xerxes of Persia. At the height of a grand banquet filled with drunken nobles and courtiers, the king ordered Vashti to appear before the assembly, wearing her royal crown to display her beauty. Many scholars and interpreters have long debated what exactly the
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