{"product_id":"reading-esther-intertextually-9780567703019","title":"Reading Esther Intertextually","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection of essays certainly provides a great source of inspiration for future work, as well as it introduces some original  ideas... Firth and Melton, with such a selection of essays, have certainly captured the extraordinary richness that lies behind, within, and beyond Esther’s text. * Collectanea Theologica *\u003cbr\u003e[A]n outstanding contribution to Esther studies. * The Society for Old Testament Study Book List *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eList of Tables\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eUnder the Intertextual Umbrella:\u003c\/i\u003e An \u003ci\u003eIntroduction,\u003c\/i\u003e David G. Firth (Trinity College Bristol, UK), Brittany N. Melton (Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA) and Heath A. Thomas (Oklahoma Baptist University, USA) \u003cb\u003ePart One: Esther in Dialogue with the Torah\u003c\/b\u003e 1. \u003ci\u003eForeign Ambivalence in the Scroll: Reading Esther’s Court alongside Joseph and Daniel,\u003c\/i\u003e Gabriel Hornung (Trinity College, CT, USA) 2. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Esther: Exodus, Passover, and Food Laws\u003c\/i\u003e, Gordon McConville (University of Gloucestershire, UK) \u003cb\u003ePart Two: Esther in Dialogue with the Former Prophets\u003c\/b\u003e 3. \u003ci\u003eEsther and Joshua: Negotiating Identity In and Out of the Land,\u003c\/i\u003e David G. Firth (Trinity College Bristol, UK) 4.\u003ci\u003e Eyes, Hearts and Doing 'What Seems Good': Reading Judges and Esther Side by Side\u003c\/i\u003e, Isabelle Hamley (Lambeth Palace \/ King’s College London, UK) 5. \u003ci\u003eOverturning Sovereignty: Esther in Dialogue with the Book of Samuel\u003c\/i\u003e, Rachelle Gilmour (Trinity College Melbourne, Australia) \u003cb\u003ePart Three: Esther in Dialogue with the Latter Prophets\u003c\/b\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003eAt the Table: Banquets in Esther and Isaiah in Intertextual Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Abernethy (Wheaton College, USA) 7. \u003ci\u003eThe Fruit of Mourning: Esther Enriched by the Latter Prophets\u003c\/i\u003e, Heath A. Thomas (Oklahoma Baptist University, USA) \u003cb\u003ePart Four: Esther in Dialogue with the Writings\u003c\/b\u003e 8. \u003ci\u003eIn a World Without God: Reading Esther alongside Psalms,\u003c\/i\u003e David G. Firth (Trinity College Bristol, UK) and Brittany N. Melton (Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA) 9. \u003ci\u003eReading Esther With Proverbs: Complexifying Character, Theme, and Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e, Susanna R. Millar (University of Edinburgh, UK) \u003cb\u003ePart Five: Esther in Dialogue Beyond the Hebrew Bible\u003c\/b\u003e 10. \u003ci\u003eTrauma, Purity, and Danger in the LXX Prayers of Esther and Judith,\u003c\/i\u003e Helen Efthimiadis-Keith (Keith-van Wyk) (University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa) 11. \u003ci\u003eEsther in Dialogue with the Qumran Community\u003c\/i\u003e, Seulgi Byun (Grove City College, USA) 12. \u003ci\u003eReading Josephus Reading Esther\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Spilsbury (Regent College, Canada) 13. \u003ci\u003eEsther in Dialogue with Mark: Power, Vulnerability, And Kingship\u003c\/i\u003e Kara Lyons-Pardue (Point Loma Nazarene University, USA) 14. \u003ci\u003eReading Esther in Dialogue with the Rabbis\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Grossman (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) 15. \u003ci\u003eHuman Nature and Politics: A Modern Political- Theoretical Reading of Esther,\u003c\/i\u003e Kyong-Jin Lee (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA) 17. \u003ci\u003eReading Esther Intertextually After the Shoah\u003c\/i\u003e, Marvin A. Sweeney (Claremont School of Theology, USA) \u003cb\u003eBibliography Index\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA 3pl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037214998871,"sku":"9780567703019","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780567703019.jpg?v=1750934825","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reading-esther-intertextually-9780567703019","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}