Jo Carruthers

Esther Through the Centuries

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781119004677
• ISBN-10: 1119004675
• Artikelnr.: 22748764

Autorenporträt

Jo Carruthers teaches at Lancaster University, UK, and works across the disciplines of literary and religious studies. Her books include The Politics of Purim: Law, Sovereignty and Hospitality in the Aesthetic Afterlives of Esther (2020); England's Secular Scripture: Islamophobia and the Protestant Aesthetic (2011); and Literature and the Bible: A Reader (with Mark Knight and Andrew Tate, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editors' Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Why Reception?. An
Irredeemable Book?. Jewish Tradition. Christian Tradition. Summary of
Works. Godless Scripture. Allegory. Providence, Chosenness, Nationhood.
Providence. Exile and Diaspora. Nationalism. Patriotism. 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 There was no compulsion to
drink. Women's Feast. Vashti. Esther 1:10-12. 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 Vashti. 2:2-4 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 Resolve. 4:17 Mordecai [...] did
everything as Esther had ordered him. Esther 5. 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 The 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.
Esther Secondary Sources. Other Secondary Sources. Primary Sources. 1.
Pre-1500. 2. 1500-1800. 3. Post-1800. List of Illustrations. Name Index.
Subject Index

Rezensionen

"The author digs up literary echoes and poetic versions of the biblical book of Esther.... This important scholarly resource originated as a PhD thesis in the University of Manchester. It is to be hoped the PhD students can be interested in doing similar research, producing studies as valuable as the present one." (International Review of Biblical Studies, 2007-2008)

"This book can be highly recommended. It provides a fascinating glimpse of how the Bible has shaped ... The ideals of society throughout history." (Expository Times, November 2008)

"Carruthers looks at the reception of the text in detail, but also has an introduction to different ways of viewing the biblical book." (Church Times, October 2008)