Author : Emily Barton
Publisher :
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 14,47 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101904097
"In a counterfactual world resembling the 1930s, the state of Khazaria, an isolated nation of warriors Jews, is under attack by the Germanii. Esther, the precocious daughter of Khazaria's chief policy advisor, sets out on a quest to ensure the survival of her homeland"--
Author : Wayne K. Barkhuizen
Publisher : Lexham Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 39,54 MB
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1577997123
Although the book of Esther contains no direct references to God, his fingerprints can be found all over it. In God Behind the Scenes, Wayne K. Barkhuizen helps us trace the unseen hand of God throughout the Esther narrative, while pointing out how the book is still relevant today. As we walk through the book, we’ll see how God was indeed active in preserving the people through whom the Messiah, Jesus Christ, would one day come.
Author : John Anthony Dunne
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 40,62 MB
Release : 2014-02-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1620327848
What if the way the book of Esther has been taught to us in church and retold to us in films, cartoons, and romance novels has missed the original point of the story? Far from being models of piety and devotion, Esther and Mordecai seem indifferent to the faith of their ancestors. How then did this story become part of the Bible and gain the broad acceptance that it has? If the church should not neglect the story, how should it be read? Esther and Her Elusive God calls Christians to avoid the common attempts to make Esther more palatable and theological, and to reclaim this secular story as Scripture. Readers will be encouraged to see in Esther a profound message of God's grace and faithfulness to his wayward people.
Author : Michael V. Fox
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,10 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1725227975
Widely praised as a seminal contribution to the study of the Old Testament when it first appeared, Michael V. Fox's Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther is now available in a second edition, complete with an up-to-date critical review of recent Esther scholarship. Fox's commentary, based on his own translation of the Hebrew text, captures the meaning and artistry of Esther's inspiring story. After laying out the background information essential for properly reading Esther, Fox offers commentary on the text that clearly unpacks its message and relevance. Fox also looks in depth at each character in the story of Esther, showing how they were carefully shaped by the book's author to teach readers a new view of how to live as Jews in foreign lands.
Author : Aaron Koller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 37,66 MB
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 1107048354
This book situates the book of Esther in the intellectual history of Ancient Judaism and provides a new understanding of its purpose.
Author : Charles R. Swindoll
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 1997-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1418515469
Everyone loves a transformation story. Rags to riches. Plain to beautiful. Weak to strong. Esther's story is that, but it is much more. It is a thought-provoking study of God's invisible hand writing silently and unseen across the pages of human history. Perhaps most of all, Esther's story is the account of godly attributes like courage, dignity, wisdom, and strength?attributes that blocked an evil plot, overthrew an arrogant killer, and replaced terror with joy in thousands of Jewish homes. Author Chuck Swindoll interweaves the ancient, real-life story with insight not only into the virtues of Queen Esther, but also into how the qualities that formed and empowered her can be ours. Esther is the second volume of Charles Swindoll's best-selling series, which examines great lives from God's Word and reveals the strengths and weaknesses that make God's men and women both great . . . and human. Many of the most beloved biblical heroes were ordinary folks. Shepherds. Fishermen. Servants. Widows. Even harlots and petty thieves. One by one, they changed the course of history. Swindoll explains that these men and women did not become great in their own strength but were empowered by God when they surrendered their lives to Him. To live such a life that God considers great is within the reach of everyone who submits to Him.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,15 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Bible stories, English
ISBN : 9780823422234
Recounts the story of the Biblical Queen Esther and the origin of the Jewish celebration of Purim.
Author : Anna Solomon
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 125025700X
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK For fans of The Hours and Fates and Furies, a bold, kaleidoscopic novel intertwining the lives of three women across three centuries as their stories of sex, power, and desire finally converge in the present day. Lily is a mother and a daughter. And a second wife. And a writer, maybe? Or she was going to be, before she had children. Now, in her rented Brooklyn apartment she’s grappling with her sexual and intellectual desires, while also trying to manage her roles as a mother and a wife in 2016. Vivian Barr seems to be the perfect political wife, dedicated to helping her charismatic and ambitious husband find success in Watergate-era Washington D.C. But one night he demands a humiliating favor, and her refusal to obey changes the course of her life—along with the lives of others. Esther is a fiercely independent young woman in ancient Persia, where she and her uncle’s tribe live a tenuous existence outside the palace walls. When an innocent mistake results in devastating consequences for her people, she is offered up as a sacrifice to please the King, in the hopes that she will save them all. In Anna Solomon's The Book of V., these three characters' riveting stories overlap and ultimately collide, illuminating how women’s lives have and have not changed over thousands of years.
Author : Diane Wolkstein
Publisher : HarperTrophy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,72 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Audiocassettes
ISBN : 9780688158446
A portrait of Esther, a shy orphan girl, who becomes a queen and is willing to risk the wrath of a king in order to save her people.
Author : Ginger Garrett
Publisher : David C Cook
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,73 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781434768018
Esther, a beautiful young Jewish woman, is captured and becomes the wife of the Persian king, Xerxes, but when she discovers the king's plan to commit genocide against her people she knows she must act.
