The Book Of Esther Between Judaism And Christianity

Author : Isaac Kalimi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009266128
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Esther between Judaism and Christianity written by Isaac Kalimi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores different traditions and usage of Esther in Judaism and Christianity, without neglecting the fundamental questions in scholarship.

Author : Aaron Koller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107048354
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought written by Aaron Koller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book situates the book of Esther in the intellectual history of Ancient Judaism and provides a new understanding of its purpose.

Author : John Anthony Dunne
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1620327848
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Esther and Her Elusive God written by John Anthony Dunne and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-02-12 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if the way the book of Esther has been taught to us in church and retold to us in films, cartoons, and romance novels has missed the original point of the story? Far from being models of piety and devotion, Esther and Mordecai seem indifferent to the faith of their ancestors. How then did this story become part of the Bible and gain the broad acceptance that it has? If the church should not neglect the story, how should it be read? Esther and Her Elusive God calls Christians to avoid the common attempts to make Esther more palatable and theological, and to reclaim this secular story as Scripture. Readers will be encouraged to see in Esther a profound message of God's grace and faithfulness to his wayward people.

Author : Leonard Greenspoon
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826438687
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Esther in Modern Research written by Leonard Greenspoon and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 280 pages. 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.

Author : Leonard Jay Greenspoon
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 082646663X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Esther in Modern Research written by Leonard Jay Greenspoon and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 280 pages. 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.

Author : Isaac Kalimi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009266098
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Esther between Judaism and Christianity written by Isaac Kalimi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-30 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book of Esther is one of the most challenging books in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, not only because of the difficulty of understanding the book itself in its time, place, and literary contexts, but also for the long and tortuous history of interpretation it has generated in both Jewish and Christian traditions. In this volume, Isaac Kalimi addresses both issues. He situates 'traditional' literary, textual, theological, and historical-critical discussion of Esther alongside comparative Jewish and Christian interpretive histories, showing how the former serves the latter. Kalimi also demonstrates how the various interpretations of the Book of Esther have had an impact on its reception history, as well as on Jewish-Christian relations. Based on meticulous and comprehensive analysis of all available sources, Kalimi's volume fills a gap in biblical, Jewish, and Christian studies and also shows how and why the Book of Esther became one of the central books of Judaism and one of the most neglected books in Christianity.

Author : Tricia Miller
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 0227902580
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jews and Anti-Judaism in Esther and the Church written by Tricia Miller and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biblical book of Esther records an account of Jewish resistance to attempted genocide in the setting of the Persian Empire. According to the text, Jews were targeted for annihilation simply because of their Jewish identity. However, the story also reports that they were allowed to defend themselves against anyone who sought to kill them. In the context of attempted genocide, the message of Esther addresses a timeless and universal issue of justice - that humans have the right and responsibility to defend themselves against those who intend to murder. 'Jews and Anti-Judaism in Esther and the Church' shows how the anti-Judaism that is a central feature of Esther relates to the contemporary issue of the contested legitimacy of the State of Israel as part of the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict. In her outstanding book, Dr. Tricia Miller uses an academic approach to demonstrate the relationship of historic theology to current events concerning Israel for the purpose of encouraging Christians to support Israel's right to exist and defend itself against those who seek its destruction.

Author : David J. A. Clines
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0905774663
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Esther Scroll written by David J. A. Clines and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alba House
Publisher : Saint Pauls/Alba House
ISBN 13 : 9788428520492
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biblia Latinoamerica written by Alba House and published by Saint Pauls/Alba House. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Leila Leah Bronner
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664255428
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Eve to Esther written by Leila Leah Bronner and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length attempt to focus on female biblical figures in the ancient rabbinic writings of midrash and Talmud. Primary rabbinic sources employed by the author bring new life and insight into the stories of Eve, Deborah, Hannah, Serah bat Asher, and others. As women and men today attempt to reevaluate past historical models, it serves us well to understand the values and inner workings of rabbinic thinking. The examination of what the sources actually say, and not what others would like them to have said, enable reinterpretation of women's role to proceed on an honest and authentic basis. Biblical women, reclaimed with contemporary midrash, can become paradigms for our modern lives.