Images for Reflection: Esther

What do you see in this image?

What do you feel looking at this image?

What stories from your own life does this image bring to mind?

What stories of the world does this image bring to mind?

Gelder, Aert de, 1645-1727. The Jewish Bride (Esther), from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=46233 [retrieved July 13, 2022]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aert_de_Gelder_003.jpg.

Guercino, 1591-1666. Esther before Ahasuerus, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=59142 [retrieved July 13, 2022]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guercino_-_Esther_before_Ahasuerus_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg.

Lippi, Filippino, -1504. Queen Vashti Leaving the Royal Palace, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=59121 [retrieved July 13, 2022]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Filippino,_la_regina_di_vasti_cacciata.jpg.

Victors, Jan, 1619-1676. Banquet of Esther and Ahasuerus, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=58459 [retrieved July 13, 2022]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Victors_-_The_Banquet_of_Esther_and_Ahasuerus_-_WGA25059.jpg.