RT Book
T1 Narrative and other readings in the book of Esther
T2 The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
A1 Holt, Else K. 1953-
LA English
PP London
PB Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/175518638X
AB Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Theology and Religion -- 1. Placing Esther in Theology-An Introduction -- Excursus: Luther and Esther -- 2. God and Religion in the Book of Esther -- 3. Concluding Remarks of Introduction -- Part I Background -- Chapter 2 Date, Composition, Reception -- 1. The Transmission of Esther -- 2. Dating the Biblical Books of Esther -- 3. The Composition and Ideology of the Books of Esther -- 3.1. The Hebrew Esther -- 3.2. The Greek Esthers -- Chapter 3 Character, Gender, and Power Play -- 1. Exscription and Inscription -- 2. The Hebrew Esther -- 3. The Greek Esthers -- 4. Conclusion -- Part II Readings -- Chapter 4 Now Esther Was Admired by All Who Saw Her - Or: How to Understand Esther 2/Too? -- 1. Intertextuality -- 2. The Story of Esther -- 3. Exscribing the Queen -- 4. Preparing the Bride -- 4.1. The Male Gaze -- 4.2. Initiation -- 4.3. The Perfume -- Excursus: Made-up Jezebel -- 5. Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Dressing Up Esther: The Function of Clothes in the Esther Narrative -- 2. Exegesis -- 2.1. Vashti's Crown and Esther's: Esther 1:10-12 -- 2:17 -- 2.2. Haman and the King's Signet Ring, Esther 3:10 -- 8:2 -- 2.3. Mordecai in Sackcloth and Ashes, Esther 4:1-17 -- 2.4. Esther Meets the King, Esther 5:1 -- 2.5. Dressing Up Mordecai, Esther 6:6-11 -- 3. Conclusion and Outlook -- Chapter 6 Haman, the Scapegoat -- 1. Rivals and Brothers, Scapegoats and Violence -- 2. The Shared Object-Power in Persia -- 3. Violence and Society -- 4. The Individual and the Collective Scapegoat -- 5. Conclusion: Of Scapegoats and Carnivals -- Part III Ideologies -- Chapter 7 There Is a Certain People - Or: How the Judeans Became the Jews -- 1. The Use of yehûdîm in Esther -- 2. Are the Judeans in Esther Jewish? Or: How to Define Ethnicity? -- 3. There Is a Certain People -- 4. Purim and Tradition.
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SN 9780567697622
K1 Bible.-Esther
K1 Christianity
K1 Electronic books