Esther in diaspora: toward an alternative interpretive framework
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Problems with Esther -- 2 The Problem with Purim -- 3 The Problem with Genealogy -- 4 The Problem with the Imperial Context of Esther -- 5 The Road Ahead -- Chapter 1 Interpretive Frameworks and Methodological Strategies -- 1 Introductio...
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| Language: | English |
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Boston
BRILL
2019
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Biblical interpretation series (178)
Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Mapfeka, Tsaurayi Kudakwashe, Esther in diaspora : toward an alternative interpretive framework] (2020) (Poulsen, Frederik, 1984 -)
[Rezension von: Mapfeka, Tsaurayi Kudakwashe, Esther in diaspora : toward an alternative interpretive framework] (2021) (Firth, David G.) |
| Series/Journal: | Biblical interpretation series
178 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Esther
/ Diaspora (Religion)
/ Judaism
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Problems with Esther -- 2 The Problem with Purim -- 3 The Problem with Genealogy -- 4 The Problem with the Imperial Context of Esther -- 5 The Road Ahead -- Chapter 1 Interpretive Frameworks and Methodological Strategies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Extant Versions of Esther -- 2.1 Masoretic Text Version of Esther -- 2.2 The Septuagint Version of Esther (the B Text) -- 2.3 The Alpha Text Version of Esther -- 3 Interpretive Frameworks: History, Fiction or Resistance -- 3.1 Reading Esther as a Work of History -- 3.2 Reading Esther as a Work of Fiction -- 3.3 Reading Esther as an Exercise in Resistance -- 4 The Concept of Diaspora in Esther Studies -- 4.1 W. Lee Humphreys -- 4.2 Sandra Beth Berg -- 4.3 Michael V. Fox -- 4.4 Timothy S. Laniak -- 4.5 Elsie Stern -- 4.6 Anne-Mareike Wetter -- 4.7 Aaron Koller -- 5 Methodological Strategies -- 5.1 The Historical-Critical Approach -- 5.2 Foregrounding a Diasporic Approach to Reading Esther -- 5.3 An Analogical Approach -- 5.4 Methodological Strategies in Summary -- 6 Summary -- Chapter 2 Foregrounding the Phenomenon of Diaspora in Reading Esther: a Particular Focus on Esther 2:5-6 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Biblical Criticism and Esther Studies: a Trajectory -- 3 Textual Criticism and the Study of Esther -- 4 Historical-Critical Methods and the Study of Esther -- 4.1 A Source Critical Approach to Esther -- 4.1.1 Pre-Masoretic Text Esther -- 4.1.2 Proto-Masoretic Text Esther -- 4.2 A Form Critical Approach to Esther -- 4.2.1 The 'Cinderella' Motif -- 4.2.2 The Powerful Buffoon Motif -- 4.2.3 The Assured Triumph of Good over Evil Motif -- 4.2.4 The Successful Jew at a Foreign Royal Court Motif -- 5 Re-defining the Centre: Foregrounding a Diaspora Reading -- 5.1 Liberating יהוה from the Clutches of Human Royalty. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9004406565 |