Rescuing God's people from destruction, Esther is a symbol of hope, the virtue that gives men and women strength in the darkest moments, and which, for the Bible, is founded on God's promise.

About forty men were engaged in the writing of the Bible, during a period of about 1600 years -- that is, from 1500 B.C. to ...

Esther John was born Qamar Zia ... There she was profoundly moved by the transparent faith of one of her teachers, and she began to read the Bible earnestly. It was when reading the 53rd chapter of ...

Esther Schor received her Ph.D. from Yale in 1985 ... critical writing, Introduction to Judaism, Bible as literature, and Bible, Criticism and Theory. Her latest book is a volume of poems, The Hills ...