The Book of Esther

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• Book of Esther — Hebrew Bible Tanakh …   Wikipedia

• The Book and the Sword — (zh tsp|t=書劍恩仇錄|s=书剑恩仇录|p=shū jiàn ēn chóu lù; literally, Book Sword Love Hate Record or, more figuratively, Chronicles of Gratitude, Feud, the Book and the Sword ) is the first wuxia novel by Jinyong, first published on February 8 1955 in The… …   Wikipedia

• The Story of Esther Costello — Infobox Film name = The Story of Esther Costello image size = caption = Original theatrical poster director = David Miller producer = Jack Clayton David Miller writer = Novel: Nicholas Monsarrat Screenplay: Charles Kaufman narrator = starring =… …   Wikipedia

• Ahasuerus and Haman at the feast of Esther — The painting Ahasveros and Haman to the feast of Esther is one of the few works of Rembrandt van Rijn of which all owners are known. The origin of the painting can be traced back to 1662, two years after its completion.ubjectThe subject is an… …   Wikipedia

• History of the book — The history of the book is the story of a suite of technological innovations that improved the quality of text conservation, the access to information, portability, and the cost of production. This history is strongly linked to political and… …   Wikipedia

• ESTHER, THE BOOK OF —    a book of the Old Testament, which takes its name from the chief figure in the story related, an orphan Jewess and ward of her cousin Mordecai, who, from her beauty, was chosen into the royal harem and raised to be consort to the king. It is… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Book of Esther — one of the books of the Old Testament (Biblical) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Esther — • Queen of Persia and wife of Assuerus, who is identified with Xerxes (485 465 B.C.) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Esther     Esther      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• ESTHER — (Heb. אֶסְתֵּר), daughter of Abihail, an exile at susa , and heroine of the Book of Esther. The name Esther is probably from Old Persian star (well attested in the later Persian dialects), with the same meaning as English star. She is once called …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ESTHER — (pseudonym of Malkah Lifschitz, whose names by marriage were Frumkin and Wichmann; 1880–1943), communist leader, writer, and educator, born in Minsk; one of the most original women in the Jewish labor movement. She acquired a wide Jewish… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Esther, book of — The seventeenth book of the OT in the traditional English order. Harem politics, antisemitism, and an audacious Jewish heroine combine to make this story from the later Persian period (early 4th cent. BCE) full of suspense as it unfolds. The… …   Dictionary of the Bible