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.

A show argues that the Jewish tale was interpreted as a symbol of liberation from Spanish rule in 17th-century Dutch society.

The name itself, thus, highlights the ironies in the story. Theologically, Esther poses a puzzle for religious readers of the Bible. Apart from Song of Songs, it is the only book of the Bible that ...

Right-wing Jews who look to the story of Esther as a justification for retribution against Palestinians miss another ...

About forty men were engaged in the writing of the Bible, during a period of about 1600 years -- that is, from 1500 B.C. to ...