For many of us, growing up in America in the late 20thCentury, our memories from childhood include the happy songs of Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls with boughs of holly, and “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.” There’s nothing wrong with any of that. When I was a child, singing ...
Esther.The name Esther comes from the biblical story of an ordinary girl who became queen of Persia and, ultimately, saved her people. The name is thought to mean “star” in Persian. Some charming nickname options include Essie, Ettie, and Estée. Eve.You can’t have a list of biblical...
Veiling Esther, Unveiling Her Story: The Reception of a Biblical Book in Islamic Lands doi:10.1111/rirt.13862ANCIENT historyISLAMIC literatureReviews in Religion & TheologyWilson, Tom
Starting with the creation of man, the movie also depicts Cain’s murder of Abel, the Tower of Babel, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as well as the story of Noah’s Ark. In one memorable scene, Huston is the narrator, portrays Noah, and is the voice of God. For his big-budg...
The first eleven chapters of Genesis contain a prologue to the main story: Chapters 1 and 2: Creation. Chapter 3: The Fall. Adam and Eve are expelled from Eden. Chapter 4: Cain murders Abel and goes forth to populate the earth. Chapters 5 through 9: As evil spreads throughout the eart...
Kit Decker
If there are more than two, the second is devoted chiefly to the use of the master, who is there attended only by-his eunuchs, children, and females, and sees only such persons as he calls from the third or interior court, in which they reside. In the history of Esther, she incurs...
From the story of Tobias little could be gathered, even if we accepted it as true, while the history of Arphaxad (which seems to be rierely a distorted account of the struggle between the rebel Phraortes and Darius Hystaspis) adds nothing to our knowledge of that contest. The mention ...
You've found the website for a new musical written for Youth Sing Praise 2015 by the program's music director Orin Johnson and its artistic director Bradley J. Behrmann. The musical is based on the biblical story of Queen Esther, and is a full length 2-
In short, Matthew tells us the amazing story of Jesus so that his readers will see that Jesus is the Messiah and the Davidic King. As we progress through this gospel record, then, we expect to frequently read things that lead us also to believe this Jesus is the Christ, the Son of ...