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Readers and scholars often question the inclusion of the Book of Esther in the canon. Where, they wonder, do the book's flagrant displays of hatred, deceit, violence, and the antidotal grotesqueries of Purim figure in the biblical tradition? Such confusion, this book tells us, arises from a wrong appraisal of Esther's literary genre.

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Outline of the Book of Esther; Part One: The Literary Genre(s) of Esther; Part Two: Esther and the Powers That Be; Part Three: The ""Secularism"" in the Book of Esther; Part Four: A Trio of Women: Vashti, Esther, Zeresh; Part Five: In the Background: Israel vs. Amalek; Part Six: Banqueting and Festivities; Part Seven: The Book of Esther Interprets and is Interpreted; Part Eight: Otherness: The Women and the Jews.

Esther Regina A Bakhtinian Reading Rethinking

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    A Paperback by Andre LaCocque, Gary Saul Morson

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      Publisher Northwestern University Press
      Published 12/30/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780810124592
      978-0810124592
      ISBN-10 0810124599
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      Bible readings, selections and meditations

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Readers and scholars often question the inclusion of the Book of Esther in the canon. Where, they wonder, do the book's flagrant displays of hatred, deceit, violence, and the antidotal grotesqueries of Purim figure in the biblical tradition? Such confusion, this book tells us, arises from a wrong appraisal of Esther's literary genre.

      Table of Contents
      Outline of the Book of Esther; Part One: The Literary Genre(s) of Esther; Part Two: Esther and the Powers That Be; Part Three: The ""Secularism"" in the Book of Esther; Part Four: A Trio of Women: Vashti, Esther, Zeresh; Part Five: In the Background: Israel vs. Amalek; Part Six: Banqueting and Festivities; Part Seven: The Book of Esther Interprets and is Interpreted; Part Eight: Otherness: The Women and the Jews.

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