Book of Esther

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Book of Esther - an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre

Esther

Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible

Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings - the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures

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The Book of Esther and the Typology of Female Transfiguration in American Literature.

The Book of Esther and the Typology of Female Transfiguration in American Literature. By Ariel Clark Silver

The story is recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther.

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Illuminating the Book of Esther

Billed as the most joyous date on the Jewish calendar, the daylong holiday commemorates the nullification in 356 BC of a Persian decree calling for the extermination of the Jewish people throughout the Persian Empire, as told in the biblical Book of Esther.

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The success of the puppet musical, which reframes the Book of Esther as a coming-out story, will lead the organization's founder, Abe Rybeck, to expand the show into a full musical, which will become the group's first major hit.

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In the Book of Esther it tells the story of deliverance and says in the Torah it should be marked with a day of feasting.

Jewish festival dates 2018: From Shavuot to Purim and Yom Kippur for the Hebrew Year; There are quite a few Jewish festivals throughout the year, and five mean observers are required to miss work

Fortunately, the book of Esther speaks to us in these perilous times.

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The holiday originated with the Biblical book of Esther. It was first celebrated during the first century A.D.

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Each chapter proceeds chronologically, repeatedly lingering on Dauber's twin obsessions, the Book of Esther and the Haskalah.

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The Dynamics of Violence and Revenge in the Hebrew Book of Esther

The Book of Esther tells of how Xerxes I saved Jews from a plot hatched by Haman the Agagite, which is marked on this very day; again, during the time of Cyrus the Great, an Iranian king saved the Jews -- this time from captivity in Babylon; and during the Second World War, when Jews were being slaughtered in Europe, Iran gladly took them in."

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This conference will explore the progression of Faith Community Nursing, use the Book of Esther to examine the role of Faith Community Nursing, encourage Faith Community Nurses to discuss their own individual ministry activities, and examine a pastor's perspective of implementation of health initiatives in a congregation.