Narrative and Other Readings in the Book of Esther
Narrative and Other Readings in the Book of Esther This collection of essays considers the Book of Esther from a literary and sociological perspective. She also discusses the theological meaning of a…
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Narrative and Other Readings in the Book of Esther
This collection of essays considers the Book of Esther from a literary and sociological perspective. She also discusses the theological meaning of a biblical book without God, and examines how the book was transmitted through the last centuries BCE. In part one, Else Holt outlines the main questions of historical-critical research in the Book of Esther.
Chapters include discussions of Esther's initiation into her role as Persian queen; the inter-textual conversation with two much later texts, The Arabian Nights and The Story of O; and the relationship between Mordecai, the Jew, and his opponent Haman, the Agagite, as a matter of She also explores how the Hebrew and Greek variants of the Book of Esther picture its main character, Esther, the Jewish queen of Persia.In part two, Holt offers deconstructive reading of themes hidden under the surface-levels of the book.
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