Both the Mesopotamian countries of Iran (ancient Persia) and Iraq (ancient Babylonia or Chaldea) had a phenomenal historic ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Since its inclusion in the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Esther has been embraced in different ways and in ...