My small-group Bible study recently finished reading through and discussing the book of Esther. Most notable for being the one of only two books in the Bible that doesn’t directly mention ...

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.

NEW YORK (AP) — In John Irving’s next book, the author is returning to St ... Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that Irving’s “Queen Esther” will be published Nov. 4.