[15] This leads us back to the question of why this story has been included in the Bible despite the lack of explicit reference to God or religion more generally. Viewing the story as a “Diaspora story” can help to answer this question.[16] The book of Esther was the last of the...
We watch these Bible characters live their lives, and we think that it was easy for them to trust God. We think that because they are in the Bible, they must have had this great faith in God, which helped give them confidence in the severest trial. But we say think that it is ...