#ahasuerus — Public Fediverse posts

The Book of #Esther is reckoned as the final historical book in English Old Testaments and part of the #Megillot, or five scrolls of the Writings, in the Hebrew Bible.

The Book of Esther set forth the story of how #Hadassah, or Esther, was elevated to become the queen of #Ahasuerus, who we know as #Xerxes I of #Persia. She became queen after #Vashti had displeased Xerxes and had been dismissed.

Purim in the second term of the #Ahasuerus / #Haman administration:

Purim calls on us to emulate Esther, our model for saving communities threatened by the #corrupt #tyrant and his scheming, evil counselor. Our tradition demands that we intervene on behalf of #refugees, #asylumseekers, #LGBT, #women, #Ukraine, #veterans, #federalemployees, and all those targeted by #hate.

בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה .
As it was then, so it is today.

Purim in the second term of the #Ahasuerus / #Haman administration:

Purim calls on us to emulate Esther, our model for saving communities threatened by the #corrupt #tyrant and his scheming, evil counselor. Our tradition demands that we intervene on behalf of #refugees, #asylumseekers, #LGBT, #women, #Ukraine, #veterans, #federalemployees, and all those targeted by #hate.

בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה .
As it was then, so it is today.

Purim in the second term of the #Ahasuerus / #Haman administration:

Purim calls on us to emulate Esther, our model for saving communities threatened by the #corrupt #tyrant and his scheming, evil counselor. Our tradition demands that we intervene on behalf of #refugees, #asylumseekers, #LGBT, #women, #Ukraine, #veterans, #federalemployees, and all those targeted by #hate.

בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה .
As it was then, so it is today.

Purim in the second term of the #Ahasuerus / #Haman administration:

Purim calls on us to emulate Esther, our model for saving communities threatened by the #corrupt #tyrant and his scheming, evil counselor. Our tradition demands that we intervene on behalf of #refugees, #asylumseekers, #LGBT, #women, #Ukraine, #veterans, #federalemployees, and all those targeted by #hate.

בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה .
As it was then, so it is today.

Purim in the second term of the #Ahasuerus / #Haman administration:

Purim calls on us to emulate Esther, our model for saving communities threatened by the #corrupt #tyrant and his scheming, evil counselor. Our tradition demands that we intervene on behalf of #refugees, #asylumseekers, #LGBT, #women, #Ukraine, #veterans, #federalemployees, and all those targeted by #hate.

בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה .
As it was then, so it is today.

Preparatory sketch by Henry Holiday for an illustration to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark".

There seems to be a pictorial reference to the Sphinxes' breast in the sketch.

#TheHuntingOfTheSnark #HenryHoliday #LewisCarroll #EdwardVI #HenryVIII #Ahasuerus #sphinx #breasts #Bedpost #TheKingsBedpost #Allusion #PictorialAllusion #PictorialReference #Reformation #BreastsInArt #EdwardVIandThePope #PhilipGalle #MartenVanHeemskerck

More: https://bedpost.snrk.de or https://snrk.de/page_edward-vi-and-the-pope/page_the-kings-bedpost/.

Preparatory sketch by Henry Holiday for an illustration to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark".

There seems to be a pictorial reference to the Sphinxes' breast in the sketch.

#TheHuntingOfTheSnark #HenryHoliday #LewisCarroll #EdwardVI #HenryVIII #Ahasuerus #sphinx #breasts #Bedpost #TheKingsBedpost #Allusion #PictorialAllusion #PictorialReference #Reformation #BreastsInArt #EdwardVIandThePope #PhilipGalle #MartenVanHeemskerck

More: https://bedpost.snrk.de or https://snrk.de/page_edward-vi-and-the-pope/page_the-kings-bedpost/.

[1, left] #HenryHoliday (engraver: #JosephSwain), illustration to #TheHuntingOfTheSnark (#Lewis Carrol)
[1, right] Holiday’s #PreperatoryDraft

[2] #JohnTheBaptist, #JohnEverettMillais (#Millais) #ChristInTheHouseHisParents (#TheCarpentersShop)

[3] #HenryVIII’s #bedpost, #EdwardVI and the Pope, #Reformation", #PaulIII

[4] #Ahasuerus consulting the records by #Philip Galle, #MaartenVanHeemskerck, #MargaretAston, #TheKings Bedpost, #Iconography, #Tudor GroupPortrait

https://snrk.de/page_sphinx/