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Faith Works: The Bible ... and Esther tell us something of the period of exile to come, which we learn more about later in prophets like Daniel and Ezekiel. Out of those eras arise the poetry ...
To commemorate 500 years of Anabaptism, Harrisonburg-based MennoMedia has published several books, one of which is a ...
Mum wanted me to call them Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, like from the bible, but I called them Rosemary ... Hello. My name is Esther Noble... ♪ and I take it you're the young lady who ...
DEAR READERS: Wishing you and your families a very happy Easter and Passover. Spring is a time to get outdoors and play. It ...
A show argues that the Jewish tale was interpreted as a symbol of liberation from Spanish rule in 17th-century Dutch society.
We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...
"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems ...
It is unsurprising that Amsterdam’s Jewish community identified with the biblical story of Queen Esther, who heroically saved Persian Jews from extermination, but Dutch Protestants likewise looked to ...