The Message of Esther

by David G. Firth

Book Overview

By any assessment, Esther is a rather strange book to find in the Bible. Not only is it, along with Daniel, the only book of the Bible to be set entirely outside of the Promised Land, it also shows no interest in that land. More than that, Esther is the only book in the Bible which definitely does not mention God. None of this should be taken as meaning that the book has no theological intention--on the contrary it has a developed theology, but it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830824332
• ISBN13: 9780830824335
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.1"