Tag: Esther

• A Free Class! on Ruth and Esther

  

  ChurchNext is offering a free class on Ruth and Esther, “Examining Ruth and Esther” with Lindsay Hardin Freeman. The live portion of the class meets Wednesday nights, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST, for six weeks (so, through the season after Epiphany), starting TONIGHT, January 11. The course is a supportive companion to The Good Book Club’s Epiphany…

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  January 11, 2023

  Reading Out Loud

  announcements, continuing education, Esther, Ruth

• Reflecting on Esther 7 1-10

  

  We are studying Esther 7:1-10 for Sunday, April 19. This is where Haman meets his well-deserved come-uppance. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are some questions we might want to consider in relation to this text: Commentators almost universally point out that the text of Esther – specifically the Masoretic text, the one…

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  April 17, 2020

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible study, Esther, Esther 7:1-10, Hebrew Bible – Old Testament, meditation on scripture, reading the Bible

• Studying Esther 7 1-10

  

  We are studying Esther 7:1-10 for Sunday, April 19. This is the climactic scene in the story of Esther where Haman is almost literally “hoist with his own petard.” [Some questions on the text are here.] Here are my notes on this text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: We’re in the book of Esther, which is primarily…

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  April 16, 2020

  Text of the Week – Notes, Thinking Out Loud

  Bible study, comedy, Esther, Esther 7:1-10, faith, irony, reading the Bible, texts that aren't in the lectionary, the world to come