在接下来的几天里，我想通过《以斯帖记》中的插图来告诉你这些事情。

I want to take you through those things over the next few days using illustrations from the book of Esther.

youdao

这种做法是源自于，旧约经文中所提到的使用炉灰与衰老或死亡(创世纪18.27)，悲伤或哀悼(以斯帖记4.3)，和忏悔(约拿书3.6)的连结。

This practice derived from Old Testament passages that mention the use of ashes in connection with frailty or death (Genesis 18.27), sadness or mourning (Esther 4.3), and repentance (Jonah 3.6).

youdao

I don't think there's an Esther from Qumran, I think that's the only one.

我觉得谷木兰死海古卷里没有以斯帖记，只是没有这一卷。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

They've clustered books Genesis through Esther,which tell of things past; the books of Job through the Song of Songs or the Song of Solomon contain wisdom that applies to the present;and then the prophetic books, Isaiah to Malachi, contain or tell of things future.

创世纪》从《以斯帖记》开始讲过去;,《约伯记》从雅歌也叫所罗门之歌开始,讲现世可以运用的智慧，然后是《先知书》,从《以塞亚记》到《玛拉基书》，讲述未来的事。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选