Esther in ancient Jewish thought
The book of Esther was a conscious reaction to much of the conventional wisdom of its day, challenging beliefs regarding the Jerusalem Temple, the land of Israel, Jewish law, and even God. Aaron Koller identifies Esther as primarily a political work, and shows that early reactions ranged from ignori...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2014.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b42033573*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Setting the stage: the theological challenge of political stability
- The movement of Ezra and Nehemiah
- Authoring/editing: Joseph, Daniel, and God
- Identity of a hero: Mordecai the yehudi, scion of the House of Saul
- Persian law and Persian king in the book of Esther
- Modeling heroes: Daniel, Esther, and Mordecai
- Hero models: Joseph and Saul
- Diaspora revisions: rethinking the Exodus and rethinking God
- A tense embrace: the reception of Esther in Hellenistic Alexandria
- Subvert or ignore: canonical re-contextualization and outright rejection of Esther
- Criticism by adaptation: rewriting Esther in Hellenistic and Roman times
- Adoption: Esther in the eastern Diaspora and in the canon
- Introduction to the rabbinic literature on Esther
- Biblicizing Esther
- Restoring God and Torah.
