Talmai — Addition B 5: The king's judgment: this nation stands alone in opposition to all mankind.
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Source edition: H. B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek, 19.3.1a-7a

GREEK: διειληφότες οὖν τόδε τὸ ἔθνος μονώτατον ἐν ἀντιπαραγωγῇ παντὶ διὰ παντὸς ἀνθρώπῳ κείμενον, διαγωγὴν νόμων ξενίζουσαν παραλλάσσον, καὶ δυσνοοῦν τοῖς ἡμετέροις πράγμασιν τὰ χείριστα συντελοῦν κακὰ καὶ πρὸς τὸ μὴ τὴν βασιλείαν εὐσταθίας τυγχάνειν·
ENGLISH (draft-awaiting-approval): Having therefore understood that this nation, alone among all, stands set in constant opposition to every man, following a strange way of life at variance with the laws, ill-disposed to our affairs, working the worst evils so that the kingdom may not attain stability --

PARALLELS:
- [Flagged] Otzar Midrashim, Midrashim on Megilat Esther, Midrash on the Book of Esther 6 (Otzar Midrashim: Midrash on the Book of Esther) — conduit: medieval retranslation. The letter's dossier of historical grievances (Pharaoh repaid with plunder, Joshua's slaughter of kings, David's pitiless conquests) supplies exactly the edict's rationale that this nation alone stands in constant opposition to every man -- an elaborate justification MT never gives.
- [Flagged] Otzar Midrashim, Midrashim on Megilat Esther, Midrash on the Book of Esther 5 (Otzar Midrashim: Midrash on the Book of Esther) — conduit: lost intermediary. Haman's speech that the nation is unlike all others, with no righteous among them and greatly different from every people, matches the edict's charge that this nation alone stands opposed to all mankind -- elaboration beyond MT's bare 'laws differ.'
- [Verbatim] Tosefet le-Esther, צו המלך הראשון (Tosefet le-Esther (he.wikisource editorial page: Additions to Esther in Hebrew)) — conduit: medieval retranslation. 'לא נראה עם מורד כזה מתנהג בדעות שונות מכל העמים אשר מבטלים שלום' renders Addition B's distinctive extended judgment that this nation alone stands opposed to all mankind, beyond MT 3:8.
- [Flagged] Targum Sheni on Esther 3:8:1 (Targum Sheni on Esther) — conduit: Aramaic. Haman's escalation -- they spit on the ground at the sight of us, treat us as unclean, give and take no daughters in marriage -- is a concrete misanthropy topos beyond MT, matching Addition B's nation 'alone among all... in opposition to every man.'
- [Motif] Targum Sheni on Esther 3:8:8 (Targum Sheni on Esther) — conduit: Aramaic. On the Fast of Gedaliah they curse the king and pray for his death and the breaking of his rule -- the concrete sedition behind Addition B's charge that the nation works evils against the kingdom's stability.
- [Motif] Targum Sheni on Esther 3:8:4 (Targum Sheni on Esther) — conduit: Aramaic. The Passover liturgy Haman reports -- 'as leaven is swept out before unleavened bread, so may this wicked kingdom be swept out' -- is a specific seditious liturgy illustrating Addition B's charge of ill-disposal to the king's affairs.
- [Flagged] Otzar Midrashim, Midrashim on Megilat Esther, Midrash on the Megillah (of Esther) 6 (Otzar Midrashim: Midrash on the Megillah (of Esther)) — conduit: oral. Haman's added charges -- useless in war, cannot serve as judge or officer, prays daily for the destruction of the nations -- elaborate beyond MT 3:8, matching the edict's claim of constant opposition and ill-disposition to royal affairs.