The Old Testament Study Guide Quotes

“One of the most common treats associated with the holiday is a triangle-shaped pastry known as ‘Haman’s ears,’ which people eat in celebration of the destruction of Haman, enemy of the Jews”
― Thomas R. Valletta, The Old Testament Study Guide: Start to Finish

“Commentators categorize the book of Job as “wisdom literature,” along with Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. “Unlike prophetic and historical biblical texts, wisdom texts are less concerned with the unfolding history of a covenant people through time than they are with the timeless truths of the individual’s relationship to moral and religious principles”
― Thomas R. Valletta, The Old Testament Study Guide: Start to Finish