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

The most well-known Jewish holiday is probably either Passover or Hanukkah. Passover is prescribed in the Bible, while ...

We dress up as someone else – just as Esther hid ... be included in the Bible. The center of rabbinical authority was starting to shift from Israel to Babylon. Having a Book of Esther with ...

An exhibition dedicated to Purim, one of the most joyful holidays of the Jewish calendar and especially to its Queen Esther. At the Meis in Ferrara until June 15, 2025 ...

If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy ... Others like Gregory Nazianzen also excluded Esther from the Bible [JBC, p. 522]. Jerome while favoring the shorter canon ...

“I was inspired by a series of lectures on the Bible and decided to apply my ... He has also written an academic paper on the Book of Esther. However, he felt that a purely scholarly approach ...

God's name is not explicitly written in the Book of Esther, which allows the scrolls to be illustrated without violating Jewish law. Dr. Chaim Neria, Curator of the Haim and Hanna Solomon Judaica ...

For children, the Book of Esther is a fairy tale — of kings ... The suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, writing in The Woman’s Bible, which was published in 1895, said that Vashti rose ...

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