Guide
Writings
By Carol Bakhos
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Job’s Suffering
[Pharaoh said:] Come, let us deal wisely with him [the Israelites—Ed.], [lest he multiply, and it come to pass that when there befalls us any war, he will also join our enemies and fight against us…
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Job’s Daughters
His [Job’s] property was brought forth and divided among his seven sons, but he did not give anything to his three daughters. Very…
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Mordecai and Esther Wall Painting, Dura-Europos
This wall painting from the Dura-Europos synagogue in Syria depicts Mordecai on a horse, being led by Haman. Ahasuerus and Esther are seated on the right.
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Esther
5. He fostered Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother, and the girl was fair and beautiful; and with the…