Esther succeeds in enchanting the king with her extraordinary beauty and charm, and he makes her his queen. The king promotes his loyal subject Haman - whose family is notably anti-Jewish - to the ...

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Even so, more than most other books of the Hebrew Bible, The Book of Esther ... characters take actions and initiate events. The reigning monarch, King Ahasuerus, deposes his wife, Queen Vashti ...

Set in the opulent yet perilous Persian Empire QUEEN ESTHER is a captivating tale of ... a time as this Experience one of the most riveting Bible stories of the Old Testament as it comes to ...

His novel will bring back Dr. Wilbur Larch from “The Cider House Rules,” but otherwise features a new set of characters. According to Simon & Schuster, “Queen Esther” will span much of the ...

If you are unfamiliar with the book of Esther from the Old Testament of the Bible, it is easy to summarize. King Xerxes of Persia exiles (almost kills) his current queen, who has spoken out ...