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Empire and Gender in LXX Esther

2018-11-09 Religion
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Book Synopsis Empire and Gender in LXX Esther by : Meredith J. Stone

Download or read book Empire and Gender in LXX Esther written by Meredith J. Stone. This book was released on 2018-11-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new perspective on essential aspects of Esther’s plot and characters for students and scholars Empire and Gender in LXX Esther foregrounds and highlights empire as the central lens in this provocative new reading of Esther. This book provides a unique synchronic reading of LXX Esther with the Additions, allowing the presence and negotiation of imperial power to be further illuminated throughout the story’s plot. Stone explores and demonstrates how performances of gender are inextricably intertwined with the exertion and negotiation of imperial power portrayed in LXX Esther and offers examples of connections to the range of imperial power experienced by Jewish people during the late Second Temple period. Features: An exploration of the tenets and methodology of imperial-critical approaches Focused attention to the final form of LXX Esther Construction of early audiences for LXX Esther in first-century BCE Ptolemaic Alexandria and Hasmonean Judea

Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther

2010-04-01 Religion
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Release : 2010-04-01
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Book Synopsis Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther by : Michael V. Fox

Download or read book Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther written by Michael V. Fox. This book was released on 2010-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely praised as a seminal contribution to the study of the Old Testament when it first appeared, Michael V. Fox's Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther is now available in a second edition, complete with an up-to-date critical review of recent Esther scholarship. Fox's commentary, based on his own translation of the Hebrew text, captures the meaning and artistry of Esther's inspiring story. After laying out the background information essential for properly reading Esther, Fox offers commentary on the text that clearly unpacks its message and relevance. Fox also looks in depth at each character in the story of Esther, showing how they were carefully shaped by the book's author to teach readers a new view of how to live as Jews in foreign lands.

"And the Lowly Devoured Those Held in Honor"

2016 Bible
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Book Synopsis "And the Lowly Devoured Those Held in Honor" by : Meredith Jean Stone

Download or read book "And the Lowly Devoured Those Held in Honor" written by Meredith Jean Stone. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation is a synchronic reading of the Septuagint version of Esther utilizing an imperial-critical approach which foregrounds the exertion and negotiation of Persian imperial power with attention to the performance of gender within the interplay of power. I argue that in light of the gendered exertions and gendered negotiations of power I observe throughout the book, LXX Esther can be read as a contest for hegemonic masculinity between Artaxerxes and God which is prefigured in Mordecai's dream, and waged by the claimants' representatives - Haman for Artaxerxes, and Mordecai and Esther for God. Chapter 3 offers interpretation of Addition A's framing of LXX Esther by introducing Mordecai and reading Mordecai's dream as establishing the subsequent narrative as a contest for hegemonic masculinity between Artaxerxes and God waged by their representatives. Chapter 4 considers the initial depiction of Artaxerxes as the center of earthly power and hegemonic male on earth, as well as Vashti's negotiation of defiance and the subsequent oppressive imperial responses which also provide opportunities for further negotiation. Chapter 5 examines Mordecai's shifting methodology of imperial negotiation as he moves to overt defiance, the imperial response to his defiance in the form of the edict of annihilation of Jews, and Esther's progression in agency to negotiate on behalf of her people as a representative of God. Finally, chapter 6 discusses Esther's three acts of negotiation with Artaxerxes which result in the deliverance of her people and a victory for God, though in mimicry and ambivalence. Throughout the dissertation, I also posit intertextual connections with constructions of early readers of LXX Esther in the early 1st century BCE. These include Alexandrian Jews living under Ptolemaic rulers and Jews living under the Hasmonean dynasty. The circumstances of these early readers reveal numerous connections that may have been made by readers who both confirmed and contested their imperial locations and performed varied and complex means of negotiation.

Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna

1995-01-01 Religion
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Release : 1995-01-01
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Book Synopsis Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna by : Athalya Brenner-Idan

Download or read book Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna written by Athalya Brenner-Idan. This book was released on 1995-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume in the prestigious Feminist Companions series edited by Athalya Brenner covers this fascinating figures of Esther, Judith, and Susanna.

The Book of Esther in Modern Research

2003-01-01 Religion
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Book Synopsis The Book of Esther in Modern Research by : Leonard Jay Greenspoon

Download or read book The Book of Esther in Modern Research written by Leonard Jay Greenspoon. This book was released on 2003-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings of a symposium entitled Esther 2000 held in Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska in April 2000, the book contains a collection of essays that engages all aspects of the biblical book of Esther. From questions of textual criticism to the history of rabbinic interpretation to speculation on the modern form of commentary, this collection is sure to contain something for everyone interested in the book of Esther. Contributors include such well-known Esther scholars as Michael Fox, David Clines, and Carey Moore.

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