The Greek Book of Esther: Models of Kingship at the Crossroads of Hellenism and Judaism
This paper studies a hitherto neglected topic, namely the royal epithets employed in the Greek text of Esther as an expression of Hellenistic royal propaganda. This will be contrasted with the Old Testament idea of an ideal ruler. The philological approach taken in this study aims at identifying the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Orientalia
Year: 2024, Volume: 93, Issue: 1, Pages: 212-228 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Esther
/ Greek language
/ Hellenism
/ Epithet
/ King
/ Queen
/ Artaxerxes III Iran, King -338 BC
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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| Summary: | This paper studies a hitherto neglected topic, namely the royal epithets employed in the Greek text of Esther as an expression of Hellenistic royal propaganda. This will be contrasted with the Old Testament idea of an ideal ruler. The philological approach taken in this study aims at identifying the characteristics of the royal protagonists of the book, i.e. Artaxerxes and Esther, the only royal characters who truly perform the roles of βασιλεύς and βασίλισσα in the Hellenistic world under two models: the pagan model of Artaxerxes and the Jewish one of Esther. |
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| ISSN: | 3041-3648 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Orientalia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/ORI.93.1.3293753 |