#Book of Esther

[lionofchaeronea]

Esther Denouncing Haman, Ernest Normand, 1888

#art #art history #Ernest Normand #religious art #Biblical art #Esther #Book of Esther #Old Testament #Hebrew Bible #genre painting #genre art #Orientalism #Orientalist art #Academicism #Academic art #British art #English art #19th century art #Victorian period #Victorian art #oil on canvas

[mostlydeadlanguages]

I don’t post here much lately because I’m busy, well, doing actual Academic Writing. But I thought y’all might enjoy this piece that I wrote about Purim and Esther/Ishtar and reading the Bible as fan fiction. (This is what my next book is going to be about.)

Happy Purim to all who celebrate!

#not a translation #links #purim #book of esther #megillat esther #esther #ishtar #fan fiction #fanfic

[magnetothemagnificent]

וַיְהִ֨י אֹמֵ֜ן אֶת־הֲדַסָּ֗ה הִ֤יא אֶסְתֵּר֙ בַּת־דֹּד֔וֹ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין לָ֖הּ אָ֣ב וָאֵ֑ם

"And he was mother to Hadassah, who is Esther, his cousin, for she did not have a father and a mother."

--From Esther 2:7

There's a lot of discussion around the feminine language used to describe Mordechai. "אֹמֵ֜ן" has the root word of "mother", and some have interpreted it to mean that Mordechai nursed Esther, either metaphorically or literally.

As a trans man, I interpret Mordechai through a trans lens, as a man born with breasts who is able to nurse. However, this can be intereted through an intersex lens or a gay lens, and all are valid.

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#jumblr #my art #digital art #jewish art #megillat esther #mordechai #purim #artistic nudity #trans jews #queer jews #book of esther #tanakh #trans man

[thelovelygods]

Book of Esther by Moshe Dadon (Israeli, 1943-2021)

Moshe Dadon, originally from Morocco, learned microcalligraphy as a boy when local rabbinical leaders, following an anti-Jewish riot, began searching for ways to create tiny Hebrew ritual items, such as a Torah scroll, which could be transported through the city without attracting the attention of people who sought to destroy them. At age eight, Moshe was taught the profession of “sofor-stam”, that is, of someone who writes Jewish religious texts on parchment for ritual use.

#art #jewish #jewish art #israel #israeli art #moshe dadon #book of esther #queen esther #calligraphy #calligraphic art #microcalligraphy #my religion prof had this in her office #when i saw it i asked who the little kid was and she was like 'oh that's haman they just made him really small' #my posts

[cloudofbutterflies]

Happy "a girlboss stopped jafar from fucking killing all of us" day to all my fellow jews.

#jewish faith #jewish #purim #jewish holidays #genocide #antisemitism #book of esther #jafar #aladdin #jewdaism

[upennmanuscripts]

Every Thursday at 12pm EST / 5pm BST we host an informal lunch or coffee Zoom meeting (depending on your time zone) to visit virtually with Curator Dot Porter, onsite at the Kislak Center, and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn’s collections. Each week Dot will bring out a manuscript (or two), do a show and tell and answer questions. Registration is required but the visits are open to everybody.

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See the full schedule on our webpage.

Recordings of Coffee With A Codex since January 2022 are on our YouTube Playlist.

On September 14, curator Dot Porter will bring out LJS 41, a 15th century copy of the Book of Esther made it Italy, written on 3 gatherings removed from a miscellany.

12pm Noon ET on Zoom, everyone is welcome.

Register here: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/11148405

#medieval #manuscript #15th century #hebrew #book of esther #italian #italy #medieval manuscript #illumination #illustration #event #zoom #book history #rare books

[bobemajses]

Book of Esther illustration by Zeev Raban from Jerusalem, 1947

#jewish #art #book of esther #torah

[jewishcissiekj]

anyway so I watched Rogue One with my sister yesterday and when Jyn was like "May The Force be with us" she said that The Force in Rogue One is like G-d in the Book of Esther - not present but you know it's there. yeag

#rogue one #book of esther #star wars

[avengers-21]

today’s verse ✨

“For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

‭‭Esther‬ ‭4‬:‭14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

#christian blog #bible #christianity #scripture #bibleverse #bible verse #king james bible #king james version #kjv #gospel #holy bible #daily verse #verse #bible verse of the day #verseoftheday #verse of the day #scriptureoftheday #scripture of the day #word of God #word of the day #word of the Lord #word of Christ #book of esther #old testament #christian #bible scripture #christian bible #bibledaily

[mioritic]

Detail from illuminated Esther scroll illustrating the hanging of Haman

Germany (?), 18th century

Collection of the Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, via the Center for Jewish Art

#jewish art #book of esther #esther scroll #jewish #jumblr #yidishkeyt

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Esther Pleads for Her People

1 So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. 2 And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther, “What is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.” 3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request. 4 For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.” 5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who has dared to do this?” 6 And Esther said, “A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

Haman Is Hanged

7 And the king arose in his wrath from the wine-drinking and went into the palace garden, but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm was determined against him by the king. 8 And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. And the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?” As the word left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman’s face. 9 Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, “Moreover, the gallows that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, is standing at Haman’s house, fifty cubits high.” And the king said, “Hang him on that.” 10  So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated. — Esther 7 | English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Cross References: Genesis 40:22; Esther 1:5-6; Esther 1:12; Esther 2:1; Esther 2:22; Esther 3:9-10; Esther 5:3; Esther 5:8; Esther 5:14; Esther 6:14; Esther 8:1; Esther 8:5; Amos 3:12; Mark 6:23; Mark 14:65; Luke 12:45

#Esther #plea #Jews #life #the King's anger #Haman hanged #Esther 7 #Book of Esther #Old Testament #ESV #English Standard Version Bible #Crossway Bibles #Good News Publishers

[chinesegal]

One of the major themes in my story is about deconstructing and rejecting the idea that Esther was the perfect heroine who "bested" Vashti by becoming queen in place of her.

In my story, being Ahuasuerus' queen is a fate Vashti wouldn't wish on her worst enemy.

Vashti was a child-bride and spent years being abused emotionally and sexually by her husband. Compared to that, being married to an abusive tyrant incapable of seeing women and girls as human and who wouldn't hesitate to get rid of you once he grows tired seems to be absolute hell.

After being banished from the king's sight she found freedom-the ability to express herself and choose her own fate while Esther is trapped in a gilded cage.

#writing #oc #purim #book of esther #vashti #vashti was done dirty #sa mention

[phoukanamedpookie]

Hi, I'm an atheistic gentile but some years ago I became interested in the "Book of Esther" story, especially the character of Vashti. I'm aware that there are a lot of negative things written about her in the midrash.

I read your post saying that you can't handle the "demonize Vashti train this year". If its OK, I want to ask for your opinion on her and why you feel that way, I have a feeling our opinions on Vashti align.

I think I wrote that last year or the year before.

In a nutshell, Vashti in the Book of Esther is just a queen who says no to her husband and king. But the Rabbis elaborated on her character and went out of their way to depict her as uniquely cruel and oppressive toward Jews, despite Ahashaverus and Haman being right there.

#vashti #book of esther

[sunlilys]

a fresco depicting a scene from the book of esther. from the synagogue at dura-europas, 244 CE.

#fresco #art #book of esther #synagogue #ce

[originaljediinjeans]

Esther Chapter 6

King Ahaserus: Hey, Haman. I want to bestow honors on someone who’s done me a great service recently. Any suggestions?

Haman, thinking it’s himself:

(a few over-the-top suggestions later)

King Ahaserus: Sounds great, Haman! Now I want you to go find Mordecai and do for him everything you just told me!

Haman:

#I couldn't pick a single reaction they were all perfect #book of esther #haman #my meme #religious memes #bible meme

[quotesfromscripture]

“And this is how she would go to the king: Anything she wanted was given her to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace. In the evening she would go there and in the morning return to another part of the harem to the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he was pleased with her and summoned her by name.” 

- Esther 2:13-14 NIV (2011)

#bible verse #women in the Bible #book of esther #sexuality in the bible #polygamy #royalty #kings #gifts #evening #eunuch #maidens #wives #called by name #favor #esther 2 #esther 2:13 #new international version