"When the maidens were gathered for a second time" - some notes on the text of Esther 2:19a
In Esther 2:19a (MT) there is a reference to virgins being gathered for a second time just after Esther was crowned queen. This reference is either regarded as insignificant to the story or too difficult to explain. Reference to a second gathering is absent in the Greek versions. The thesis of the e...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2013
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Journal for semitics
Year: 2013, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 480-501 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | In Esther 2:19a (MT) there is a reference to virgins being gathered for a second time just after Esther was crowned queen. This reference is either regarded as insignificant to the story or too difficult to explain. Reference to a second gathering is absent in the Greek versions. The thesis of the essay is that the reference to the second gathering is a structural part of the story in that it forms part of the double referencing in the book. In order to argue this hypothesis, the discussion starts, by way of introduction, with a textual-critical analysis of Esther 2:19a followed by an overview of the interpretation of Esther 2:19a and a discussion of a structure of double referencing in the Masoretic text, the LXX and the AT. The essay is then concluded with a brief discussion of the results of the inquiry into the texts at hand. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC147420 |