LEADER 04171nam 2200613Ia 450 001 996218285003316 005 20230721030737.0 010 $a1-118-71404-0 010 $a1-281-31893-0 010 $a9786611318932 010 $a0-470-69191-3 010 $a0-470-69123-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403362 035 $a(EBL)351122 035 $a(OCoLC)476170683 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000149661 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11910534 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149661 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10238859 035 $a(PQKB)10855256 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC351122 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403362 100 $a20070416d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEsther through the centuries$b[electronic resource] /$fJo Carruthers 210 $aMalden, MA ;$aOxford $cBlackwell Pub.$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (322 p.) 225 1 $aBlackwell Bible commentaries 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-3213-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [280]-295) and index. 327 $aEsther 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 2:1-7 327 $a2:1 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' 327 $aEsther 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 327 $a9:29 & 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 330 $aThis interdisciplinary commentary ranges from early midrashic interpretation to contemporary rewritings introducing interpretations of the only biblical book not to mention God. Unearths a wealth of neglected rewritings inspired by the story's relevance to themes of nationhood, rebellion, providence, revenge, female heroism, Jewish identity, exile, genocide and 'multiculturalism'Reveals the various struggles and strategies used by religious commentators to make sense of this only biblical book that does not mention GodAsks why Esther is underestimated by contemp 410 0$aBlackwell Bible commentaries. 606 $aChristianity 615 0$aChristianity. 676 $a222 676 $a222.90709 676 $a222/.90709 700 $aCarruthers$b Jo$0886369 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996218285003316 996 $aEsther through the centuries$92245930 997 $aUNISA