“It’s one of the very few stories in the Bible that has a clear beginning, middle, and end,” said Kristen Brewer, one of the Esther show’s creators. “It reads like a play. You have an ...

In the Scroll of Esther, revenge is a powerful theme, but just as clearly one that leads to confusion and tragedy.

Queen Esther was a figure of inspiration to Jews who had fled from oppressive regimes. In the Netherlands, she became a ...

The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th century and muse to some of Amsterdam’s greatest painters — among them Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. “The Book of Esther in ...

March 29, 2025 Esther Heinrichs, 103, of Winnipeg passed away Wednesday, March 12th at Bethania Personal Care Home. She is survived by 2 sisters, nieces, nephews and their families. She was ...

Even so, more than most other books of the Hebrew Bible, The Book of Esther holds up to this read-it-through approach. We get a well-told story, a comedy (it has a happy ending and several funny ...

Purim is a strange holiday for Jews, and nothing is stranger than its central piece: Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther). We dress up as someone else – just as Esther hid her identity (the name ...

If you were to visit a home in Amsterdam in the 17th Century, you might find, in the kitchen, the library, or even inside the fireplace, a scene of the biblical Queen Esther approaching her ...

Others like Gregory Nazianzen also excluded Esther from the Bible [JBC, p. 522]. Jerome while favoring the shorter canon, several times in his writings cited Books from the larger canon as Scripture.

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill explains why he finds the ancient collection of books that make up the Bible fascinating.

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill launches his four-week overview of the Bible's 66 books, starting from the ...

While it is always true that Esther is the most sobering account in the Hebrew bible, this year stands out as the most sobering year and a half since the Shoah. Perhaps it is based on a year ...