دانلود کتاب Narrative and Other Readings in the Book of Esther

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Cover\nTitle\nCopyright\nContents\nAcknowledgements\nChapter 1 Theology and Religion\n 1. Placing Esther in Theology—An Introduction\n Excursus: Luther and Esther\n 2. God and Religion in the Book of Esther\n 3. Concluding Remarks of Introduction\nPart I Background\n Chapter 2 Date, Composition, Reception\n 1. The Transmission of Esther\n 2. Dating the Biblical Books of Esther\n 3. The Composition and Ideology of the Books of Esther\n 3.1. The Hebrew Esther\n 3.2. The Greek Esthers\n Chapter 3 Character, Gender, and Power Play\n 1. Exscription and Inscription\n 2. The Hebrew Esther\n 3. The Greek Esthers\n 4. Conclusion\nPart II Readings\n Chapter 4 Now Esther Was Admired by All Who Saw Her — Or: How to Understand Esther 2/Too?\n 1. Intertextuality\n 2. The Story of Esther\n 3. Exscribing the Queen\n 4. Preparing the Bride\n 4.1. The Male Gaze\n 4.2. Initiation\n 4.3. The Perfume\n Excursus: Made-up Jezebel\n 5. Conclusion\n Chapter 5 Dressing Up Esther: The Function of Clothes in the Esther Narrative\n 2. Exegesis\n 2.1. Vashti’s Crown and Esther’s: Esther 1:10-12; 2:17\n 2.2. Haman and the King’s Signet Ring, Esther 3:10; 8:2\n 2.3. Mordecai in Sackcloth and Ashes, Esther 4:1-17\n 2.4. Esther Meets the King, Esther 5:1\n 2.5. Dressing Up Mordecai, Esther 6:6-11\n 3. Conclusion and Outlook\n Chapter 6 Haman, the Scapegoat\n 1. Rivals and Brothers, Scapegoats and Violence\n 2. The Shared Object—Power in Persia\n 3. Violence and Society\n 4. The Individual and the Collective Scapegoat\n 5. Conclusion: Of Scapegoats and Carnivals\nPart III Ideologies\n Chapter 7 There Is a Certain People — Or: How the Judeans Became the Jews\n 1. The Use of yehûdîm in Esther\n 2. Are the Judeans in Esther Jewish? Or: How to Define Ethnicity?\n 3. There Is a Certain People\n 4. Purim and Tradition\n 5. Purim and Genocide\n Chapter 8 The Small Spring and the Dragons: Reading the Book of Esther as Chosen Trauma\n 1. Chosen Trauma\n 2. Trauma and Collective Memory\n 3. We Shall Overcome\n 4. The Final Battle\n 5. Concluding Outlook\n Chapter 9 Genocide in Esther? A Concluding Discussion\n 1. Violence in the Hebrew Bible: The Example of 1 Samuel 15\n 2. The Problem of Violence in Esther\n 3. Violence and Old Testament Theology\n 4. The Authority of the Bible\n 5. Is Esther a Bedtime Story?\nBibliography\nIndex of References\nIndex of Authors