MORDECAI
Esther 2:5; Esther 4:1; Esther 6:10; Esther 9:1
THE hectic enthusiast who inspires Daniel Deronda with his passionate
ideas is evidently a reflection in modern literature of the Mordecai
of Scripture. It must be admitted that the reflection approaches a
caricature. The dreaminess and morbi... [ Continue Reading ]
Esther 7:1
QUEEN ESTHER
Esther 4:1; Esther 7:1; Esther 9:12
THE young Jewess who wins the admiration of the Persian king above all
the chosen maidens of his realm, and who then delivers her people in
the crisis of supreme danger at the risk of her own life, is the
central figure in the story of t... [ Continue Reading ]