In the Book of Esther, power takes all sorts of forms. There’s plenty of traditional power to be found: King Ahasuerus, the villain of the story, rules over 127 provinces with an iron fist and ...

At the feast, Haman cowers or pleads as the turbaned King Ahasuerus ... in Esther in the United States. (The exhibit, made in collaboration with the North Carolina Museum of Art, will travel ...