“The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.” – Proverbs 21:1 We see how every aspect is perfectly timed, and how the King’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the scripture says: Throughout the book we see the providence of God as He orchestrates every detail of the story. Their story inspires believers to trust God’s wisdom and timing, and to stand strong in the face of persecution. While many Jews returned, many remained in the Persian Empire, two of which were Mordecai and his cousin Esther. During his reign, King Cyrus made a decree that allowed the Jews in exile to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. The King at the center of this story is Xerxes (Ahasuerus), son of King Darius, and grandson of King Cyrus. We can glean inspiration from her strength, her wisdom, and her dignity as we face our fears and boldly stand before the throne of GodĮsther gives us something to celebrate as it chronicles the deliverance of the Jews. The events in the story of Esther reveal the plot of an evil man who desired to have God’s people destroyed and the courage of one woman who stepped out in faith to turn that plan around. The book of Esther is a beautiful story of one woman who courageously gave of herself for the will of God and His people. She collects nineteenth century books on the Bible written by women.Get the study guide on. She teaches Sunday School during the academic year and in the summer months is a lay reader in the little Anglican church on Eagle Lake. She loves to spend time reading and writing at their cottage in northern Ontario. She is married to Glen Taylor, the other Old Testament professor at Wycliffe, and they have three teenagers and a dog. She has received several research grants to support her projects related to women interpreters of Scripture, most recently one from the Lilly Endowment. She is currently preparing a biographical dictionary of women interpreters of Scripture. Recovering Nineteenth-Century Women Interpreters will be released later this year as part of the Society of Biblical Literature’s Symposium series. She has just completed a co-edited a volume of essays on nineteenth-century women interpreters with Christiana de Groot of Calvin College. She has recently published Let her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth-century Women Writing on Women in Genesis with Heather Weir. She also teaches courses on Jeremiah, Old Testament Theology, Women of the Old Testament, Bad Boys and Bad Girls of the Bible, Women Interpreters of the Bible, Psalms and the History of Old Testament Interpretation. She loves teaching an introductory Old Testament course. Raised in Toronto, Marion has been teaching Old Testament at Wycliffe since the mid-1980s. Esther, A Video Study breathes life into each passage of the book, examined in its canonical and historical setting, in order to foster discernment in living God’s story faithfully and creatively with and for the church in the 21st century. Using a story-centric approach, this set of lessons is ideal for formal and informal students alike, and for everyone who wants to better understand the book of Esther today.Įsther, A Video Study is part of the Beyond the Basics Series, which is dedicated to bringing expert teaching from world’s best biblical scholars and theologians directly to interested learners. Taylor offers an engaging and probing introduction to the entire book of Esther, guiding viewers in creatively and faithfully living out its messages in today’s context. Based on her Esther commentary in The Story of God Bible Commentary series, these video lessons explain and illuminate each passage of the book in light of the Bible’s overarching grand story. Esther, A Video Study features scholar and professor Marion Taylor teaching through the book of Esther in 11 engaging and challenging lessons.
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