1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996389609303316

Autore

Isocrates

Titolo

Isocratis Epistolae, quae extant, novem cum schoiis [[electronic resource] ] : Quibus eae per metaphrasin & periphrasin, seu quoad verbum & sensum, Latinè€ redduntur: Graecismis ac in primis atticismis              frequenter hic occurrentibus locupletantur: sententiis, quarum adminiculo vitae prudenter instituendae rationem ac modum acquiras, augentur: phrasibus loquendique formulis, tum copiae acquirendae, tum textus causa intelligendi clarius caus, ornantur: notis denique passim illustrantur, ac ab omni difficultate & obscuritate vindicantur. In usum studiosae juventutis. Studio & oper Georg. Sylvani pan. med

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Londini, : Typis J. Heptinstall, impensis authoris, 1685

Descrizione fisica

[4], 149 p

Soggetti

Addresses17th century.England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Initials.

Imperfect: faded print with some loss of text.

Reproduction of original in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0009



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996218285003316

Autore

Carruthers Jo

Titolo

Esther through the centuries [[electronic resource] /] / Jo Carruthers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-118-71404-0

1-281-31893-0

9786611318932

0-470-69191-3

0-470-69123-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

Blackwell Bible commentaries

Disciplina

222

222.90709

222/.90709

Soggetti

Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Esther Through the Centuries; Contents; List of Plates; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Why Reception?; An Irredeemable Book?; Jewish Tradition; Christian Tradition; Summary of Works; Godless Scripture; Allegory; Providence, Chosenness, Nationhood; Political Application; Esther as Literature; Esther 1:1-9; 1:1 The King and Empire; 1:3 The King's Feast; 1:4 Display of Wealth; 1:8 No Compulsion to Drink; 1:9 Women's Feast; Vashti; Esther 1:10-22; 1:12 Disobedience; 1:13-22 The Empire Strikes Back; 1:19 Vashti's Punishment; 1:22 The Decree; Esther 2:1-7

2:1 The King Remembers Vashti2:2-4 To the Harem; 2:5-6 Mordecai; 2:7 Hadassah- Esther; Esther 2:8-23; 2:8-14 Esther in the Harem; 2:15 Esther's Beauty; 2:16-18 Esther Becomes Queen; Esther 3; 3:1 Haman; 3:2 'But Mordecai did not bow down'; 3:7 Casting Lots; 3:8 (Mis)Representing Jews: A People Set Apart; 3:8 Evil Counsellors; 3:12-15 Genocidal Edicts; 3:15 'The King and Haman sat down to drink'; Esther 4:1-14; 4:1-3 'Great mourning among the Jews'; 4:4-14 Esther and Mordecai Confer; 4:14 'From another quarter'; Esther 4:15-17; 4:15 'Fast ye for me'; 4:16 'If I perish, I perish'



Esther as Exemplar of Resolve4:17 'Mordecai [. . .] did everything as Esther had ordered him'; Esther 5; Esther before Ahasuerus; 5:4-8 Esther's First Banquet; 5:9-14 Haman's Wrath; Esther 6; The King's Sleeplessness; 6:11 The Triumph of Mordecai; Esther 7 and 8; 7:1-6 Esther's Second Banquet; 7:7-8 Haman's Fate; 8:1-6 'How can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?'; 8:7-14 Th e Irreversible Decree; 8:15-17 'The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour'; Esther 9 and 10; 9:2 Scenes of Slaughter; 9:7-10 Ten Sons of Haman; 9:26 Purim

9:29 & 32 'Then Esther the Queen . . . wrote with all authority'10 The Greatness of Mordecai; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Pre- 1500; 1500-1800; Post- 1800; Esther Secondary Sources; Other Secondary Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This interdisciplinary commentary ranges from early midrashic interpretation to contemporary rewritings introducing interpretations of the only biblical book not to mention God. Unearths a wealth of neglected rewritings inspired by the story's relevance to themes of nationhood, rebellion, providence, revenge, female heroism, Jewish identity, exile, genocide and 'multiculturalism'Reveals the various struggles and strategies used by religious commentators to make sense of this only biblical book that does not mention GodAsks why Esther is underestimated by contemp