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Esther—A Jewish beauty in a Persian king’s harem seems an unlikely biblical heroine. The book about her is the last narrative in Act 2.
George Guthrie • Reading God's Story: A Chronological Daily Bible
5 Now there was a Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, a Benjaminite. 6Kish[6] had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with King Jeconiah of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had carried away. 7Mordecai[7] had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, his cousin,
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King Ahasuerus laid tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea. 2All the acts of his power and might, and the full account of the high honor of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Media and Persia? 3For Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was powerful among the
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It took faith to stay Jewish in the Hellenistic age,
Jonathan Sacks • Studies in Spirituality (Covenant & Conversation Book 9)
Miss Somerville nodded. ‘A Jew, I suppose?’ ‘Well, he said he was, but he had fair hair. I can’t help wondering whether some of them go round pretending to be Jewish just to get the benefits. The Quakers are giving away fortunes in relief, I understand.
Eva Ibbotson • The Morning Gift
