The phrase “for such a time as this” has become a rallying cry for aggrieved Christian extremists captivated by revenge ...

Others like Gregory Nazianzen also excluded Esther from the Bible [JBC, p. 522]. Jerome while favoring the shorter canon, several times in his writings cited Books from the larger canon as Scripture.

(Its first sentence incorrectly locates the Book of Esther in the Torah). The writers chastise American Jews for not aligning with their views of antisemitism, or agreeing with their proposals for ...

It includes all 73 books of the Bible accepted by the Roman Catholic Church, including the Greek texts of Tobit, Judith, 1-2 Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach and Baruch, as well as the additions ...