Dehavilland Ford, a Texas pastor, has long felt a kinship with Queen Esther. This fall, just ahead of the presidential election, she helped organize An Esther Call to the Mall, a march in Washington, ...

Most Christian, Muslim and Jewish children learn the story of Esther at a young age. She is an immigrant woman chosen to marry a Persian king who plans a genocide of her people. Esther is tempted to ...

This must be President Trump’s year of living biblically. Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on a trip to the Holy Land during the Jewish holiday of Purim, offered his diplomatic view that God ...

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For readers or moviegoers who know The Cider House Rules, a familiar character reappears in my 16th novel, Queen Esther.

Esther Brownsmith is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Dayton, having received her doctorate from Brandeis University and conducted postdoctoral research at M.F. Norwegian ...

Believe it or not, I used to be a Sunday school teacher. In a way, I still teach Sunday school, except now I do it on Saturday nights and half my “class” is naked. This Saturday, I will gather a group ...