Book of Esther
Scripture
cited 2 times by 2 works in the library · not held
also in the atlas: Book of Esther the object
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Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 citation
The narrative of Esther and Haman is recognizably drawn from the Book of Esther.
And again, Esther, perfect in faith, delivering Israel from the tyrannical power and from the cruelty of the satrap, a single woman, afflicted with fastings, set herself against ten thousand armed right hands, undoing through faith the tyrannical decree;
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The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660 Samuel Rawson Gardiner (ed.) 1 citation
The King invokes a phrase from the Book of Esther as rhetorical authority for defending his favoured servant against parliamentary censure.
It hath been said, ‘What shall be done to the man whom the King delighteth to honour?
ch. 7 ¶
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