In Unexpected Places: Ritual and Religious Belonging in the Book of Esther
The religious content of the book of Esther is highly debated. Most approaches attempt to analyse religion in this narrative in terms of its similarities or dissimilarities with other texts from the Hebrew Bible. This article travels a different road. Applying ritual theory (more specifically, theor...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Sage
2012
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Год: 2012, Том: 36, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 321-332 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Esther
B Religion B Identity B rite-of-passage B Ritualization |
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| Итог: | The religious content of the book of Esther is highly debated. Most approaches attempt to analyse religion in this narrative in terms of its similarities or dissimilarities with other texts from the Hebrew Bible. This article travels a different road. Applying ritual theory (more specifically, theories on rites-of-passage and ritualization) to selected parts of Esther, it explores processes of identity formation in the narrative in general, and their potential correlations with the religious identity of Esther and the Yehudite community in particular. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089212437998 |