Queen Esther, the story’s heroine, wields a form of power that is often hard to recognize. Esther’s power, at once demure and mighty, manifests as sacred vulnerability. Characterized by ...

If you were to visit a home in Amsterdam in the 17th Century, you might find, in the kitchen, the library, or even inside the fireplace, a scene of the biblical Queen Esther approaching her ...

Queen Esther was a figure of inspiration to Jews who had fled from oppressive regimes. In the Netherlands, she became a ...

The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th ... There is nothing like this relationship in all of Western art. A.R. HOFFMAN Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of the Sun, ...

Dehavilland Ford, a Texas pastor, has long felt a kinship with Queen Esther ... in the Bible that has a clear beginning, middle, and end,” said Kristen Brewer, one of the Esther show’s ...

As Purim nears, conservatives are invoking Queen Esther to justify policies that critics say threaten democracy and civil rights in the US. An antique illustration of Esther's banquet from the ...

A Timeless Story' looks at the persona of the Biblical figure of Queen Esther through the medium of Renaissance art, precious parchments, historical artefacts, and interactive installations.

Esther succeeds in enchanting the king with her extraordinary beauty and charm, and he makes her his queen. The king promotes his loyal subject Haman - whose family is notably anti-Jewish - to the ...

NEW YORK — About a decade before the Eighty Years War between the Spanish Empire and the Dutch Republic ended, Rembrandt van Rijn took paintbrush to canvas and reimagined Queen Esther as a 17th ...