LEADER 03450nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910782243203321 005 20230617005135.0 010 $a1-281-80238-7 010 $a9786611802387 010 $a0-8264-3868-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542189 035 $a(EBL)436035 035 $a(OCoLC)276348957 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113772 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140593 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113772 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10099321 035 $a(PQKB)11576604 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436035 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436035 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250725 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL180238 035 $a(OCoLC)893333790 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542189 100 $a20030403d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Book of Esther in modern research$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Sidnie White Crawford & Leonard J. Greenspoon 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cT & T Clark International$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v380 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-0305-8 311 $a0-8264-6663-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [242]-257) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aImages 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 330 $aThe proceedings of a symposium entitled Esther 2000 held in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska in April 2000, the book contains a collection of essays that engages all aspects of the biblical book of Esther. From questions of textual criticism to the history of rabbinic interpretation to speculation on the modern form of commentary, this collection is sure to contain something for everyone interested in the book of Esther. Contributors include such well-known Esther scholars as Michael Fox, David Clines, and Carey Moore. 410 0$aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v380. 606 $aBible stories$xEsther 615 0$aBible stories$xEsther. 676 $a222/.906 701 $aCrawford$b Sidnie White$01519390 701 $aGreenspoon$b Leonard J$g(Leonard Jay)$0895122 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782243203321 996 $aThe Book of Esther in modern research$93757469 997 $aUNINA