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

The Torah, in the Book of Esther (Megillat Esther), tells us that in the mid-fourth century BCE, a thriving Jewish community in ancient Persia risked extermination. Haman, Persian King Ahasuerus ...

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.

Many of my friends and family were so caught up in this week’s election that it seems that half of them are going to suffer ...

Charismatic 'prophets' have long compared Trump to Bible characters to justify their support for the former president. But ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Isabelle Fuhrman will reprise her role as the sadistic Esther in Orphan 3, a third film in the Orphan horror franchise.

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