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.

Alarmed by abortion and transgender rights, Christian activists are invoking the Old Testament story of Esther, the Jewish orphan who bravely saved her people. By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham ...

The Jews divided their sacred books into sections. The chapter division, as found in the Bible today, dates from the thirteenth century and is the work of Stephen Langton, professor at the ...

According to tradition, the Book of Ecclesiastes (Koheleth in Hebrew), one of the five megillot of the Bible, was written ... his Book of Esther, awarded two Guinness World Records for the longest ...

Several finds from biblical archeology support the Bible’s narrative on the people, places, and events it details. The most ...

A few days ago, I shared a meal with an Israeli who is living in the United States temporarily on a fellowship. Immediately ...

We’ve got the Book of Mormon. Do you want Satan in there? Because I know you don’t want Satanism being taught in school,” she ...

Ukrainian evangelicals are lobbying their American counterparts for continued support of their homeland in its war with ...

Allows you to standardise many different people's bible passage ... to Esther chapter 2 verse 23. Ideal for storing in a database & querying with something like MySQL. The integer notation is the same ...

Well, not totally surprised. Esther’s story has been used as a symbol for centuries, as authors Elizabeth Dias and Ruth ...

One of the most surprising horror franchises around has received some more unexpected news this week. The Orphan saga, ...

Few figures in contemporary art currently stand out as much as Esther Mahlangu. With her customary bright geometric ...