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UNINA9910453681803321 |
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Titolo |
The Book of Esther in modern research [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sidnie White Crawford & Leonard J. Greenspoon |
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London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-80238-7 |
9786611802387 |
0-8264-3868-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Collana |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 380 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CrawfordSidnie White |
GreenspoonLeonard J (Leonard Jay) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Bible stories - O.T. Esther |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-257) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; 'It Takes a Village' to Produce a Commentary: A Case in Point; The Book of Esther: Writing a Commentary for a Jewish Audience; Esther and the Future of Commentary; Esther in Text- and Literary-Critical Paradise; Three Esthers; Esther and Judith: Contrasts in Character; Esther's Volkcentrism and the Reframing of Post-Exilic Judaism; Double Take: Another Look at the Second Gathering of Virgins of Esther 2.19a; Kosher Adultery? The Mordecai-Esther-Ahasuerus Triangle in Talmudic, Medieval and Sixteenth-Century Exegesis |
Images and the Book of Esther: From Manuscript Illumination to MidrashThe Ecumenical Esther: Queen and Saint in Three Western Belief Systems; Reading a Text Backwards: The Book of Esther and Nineteenth Century Jewish American Interpretations; From Maidens and Chamberlains to Harems and Hot Tubs: Five Hundred Years of Esther in English; Cumulative Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The proceedings of a symposium entitled Esther 2000 held in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska in April 2000, the book contains a collection of essays that engages all aspects of the biblical book of Esther. From questions of textual criticism to the history of rabbinic interpretation to |
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