alt Hacker NewsHaman’s plans weren’t theoretical. He had taken steps to put them into action, just like Iran has taken steps for decades in attacking Israel. Likewise, the people that were killed weren’t civilians. They were supporters of Haman. Undoubtedly, some innocent people were killed. That’s just how war works.
> modern scholarship generally regards it as a historical novel with legendary elements, not a reliable account of Purim’s origins.
It's fiction.