Beauty crowned; or, The story of Esther, the Jewish maiden . er, hope, encouragement, and prosperity to his race. * The rabbis have ever honored the memory of Mor-decai. They have praised him in terms of extrav-agant exaggeration. They say that he knew theseventy languages of the nations of the tenth chapterof Genesis. They surname him, and we believe withgood reason, The Just. They describe in ampleterms his splendid robes, his Persian buskins, and hisMedian scymetars. They describe the golden crownwhich he wore, the rich profusion of precious stonesand Macedonian gold on which they said ther
Beauty crowned; or, The story of Esther, the Jewish maiden . er, hope, encouragement, and prosperity to his race. * The rabbis have ever honored the memory of Mor-decai. They have praised him in terms of extrav-agant exaggeration. They say that he knew theseventy languages of the nations of the tenth chapterof Genesis. They surname him, and we believe withgood reason, The Just. They describe in ampleterms his splendid robes, his Persian buskins, and hisMedian scymetars. They describe the golden crownwhich he wore, the rich profusion of precious stonesand Macedonian gold on which they said there was anengraved view of Jerusalem, and the phylacteries overthe crown. They relate how myrtle boughs werestrewed in the streets along which he passed. They* Greene. 254 Beauty Crowned. speak with pride of his numerous attendants, theheralds with their trumpets, and the great glory andexaltation of his people. The so-called tomb of Modecai and Esther, a placeof unusal interest, is at Hamadan or Ecbatana. Thetomb stands on ground somewhat more elevated than. The Tomb of Mordecai and Esther. any in the immediate neighborhood, and is in rathera decayed condition. It occupies a small space inthe midst of ruins, in the quarter appropriated toJewish families. The entrance to the building is bya stone door of small dimensions, the key of which is Peospekity, Happiness. 255 always kept by the chief rabbi. This door conductsto the antechamber, which is larger than the outerapartment. In the midst of this stand the two sar-cophagi of Mordecai and Esther, of dark and hardwood, like that of Ezra. They are cenotaphs, stand-ing beside each other, distinguished only by theone (Mordecais) being a little larger than the are richly carved, and have a Hebrew inscrip-tion along the upper ledge, taken from Esther ii, 5,and x, 3. The wood is in good preservation, though evident-ly very old. The present building is said to occupythe site of one more magnificent, which was destroyedby Timur
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