The Bible contains a story of how a young Jewish woman named Esther became the Queen of Persia and saved the Jews from an ...

Benjamin Netanyahu leavened his powerful account of what's really at stake in the nuclear negotiations with Iran with a little history and a little wisdom from the Bible. And why not? The war ...

RELATED: What Is Proverbs 31 Woman, According To The Bible Scripture The king was unaware that his own Queen Esther is a Jew and would, therefore, be a victim to this law as well, so he agreed and ...

From Heritage Foundation’s ‘Project Esther’ to Texas' Bible-based Bluebonnet school curriculum, Queen Esther is a Christian touchpoint.

‘Esther’, 19th century. Esther (born Hadassah), was a woman in the Hebrew Bible, the queen of Ahasuerus and the heroine of the Biblical Book of Esther which is named after her.

Here we must understand how different the Book of Esther is from every other book in the Hebrew Bible. In this tale no mention is made of the divine; the Jews inhabit a world devoid of revelation.

National Geographic explores notable biblical figures in our ongoing series People in the Bible, as part of our coverage of the history of the Bible and the search for sacred texts. King Darius ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim, like all holidays, has a story, complete with heroes and villains. Purim’s story centers on two women: Queen Vashti and Queen Esther. And in the year of #MeToo, that ...

You don’t have to look to the Bible and Queen Esther to see that history records flawed, imperfect men and women chosen “for such a time as this.” U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a ...

How Queen Esther Became an American Hero From Cotton Mather to Monica Lewinsky, a new book examines the ways the Purim story has been interpreted in the United States. Share this: ...

Dehavilland Ford, a Texas pastor, has long felt a kinship with Queen Esther. This fall, just ahead of the presidential ...