PBS9 年
From Hebrew Bible to Christian Bible: Jews, Christians and the Word of God
Another section of the Hebrew Bible consists of the prophets (Isaiah ... Ecclesiastes (or Qoheleth), Song of Songs, Esther, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Chronicles. These books were the last ...
Catholic News Agency8 天
The Apocrypha?
favored the shorter Hebrew Canon. Some Church fathers like Ambrose and Augustine favored the larger canon of the Septuagint. Others like Gregory Nazianzen also excluded Esther from the Bible [JBC ...
Cambridge University Press1 年
God and Politics in Esther
A political crisis erupts when the Persian government falls to fanatics, and a Jewish insider goes rogue, determined to save her people at all costs. God and Politics in Esther explores politics and ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency6 年
Robert Alter completes his monumental translation of the Hebrew Bible
Ron Hendel, a professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at UC Berkeley ... 2016: “Strong as Death Is Love: The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel.” His translations are read ...
William & Mary2 年
Joanna Homrighausen
Joanna Homrighausen is a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) in Religion (Hebrew Bible) at Duke University and has taught at William & Mary since 2021. Her dissertation, Writing Esther, unpacks the materiality of ...