On the other hand, it must be reiterated that the Old Testament canon reflects the full
range of the life
of that people; that the spirit
of Esther was provoked in their history, again and again; that Jews have known in their long history one Haman after another (the most recent conspicuous Haman being Adolph Hitler); and that if Esther isn't history or theology in any direct sense, it nevertheless informs us more richly
of the life
of man and points up one
of the universal deterrents to the
exercise of the love
of God.