Tag: esther
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Rethinking Esther: Would she have stepped up if she hadn’t been pressured to do so?
Bible study In chapter 3, a man named Haman, who was the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, is promoted to a higher rank by King Ahasuerus. Tracing back who the Agagite was, I discovered that Agag was the king of the Amalekites, whom God had instructed Saul to destroy. This was because they had ambushed…
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Rethinking Esther: Romance? Tragedy or a heroic story?
Bible study It felt natural for me to study the book of Esther right after studying Ezra and Nehemiah. After learning about the Israelites’ return from exile, I wanted to know how those who did not return to Jerusalem survived. The book of Esther is about the Israelites, the Jewish community, who were still living…
