دانلود کتاب (The) Book of Esther in Modern Research (JSOT Supplement)

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The Book of Esther in Modern Research......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 12
Sidnie White Crawford: Introduction......Page 14
Carey A. Moore: 'It Takes a Village' to Produce a Commentary: A Case in Point......Page 16
Adele Berlin: The Book of Esther: Writing a Commentary for a Jewish Audience......Page 22
The History of Jewish Exegesis......Page 24
...Farewell to the One Right Interpretation!......Page 30
...A Symphony of Readers' Voices.......Page 32
...Welcome to All Kinds of Readers.......Page 33
...Hail to the Poly-Commentary.......Page 34
1. Interactive......Page 36
2. Commentary......Page 37
6. Intertexts......Page 41
1. A Brief Introduction into the Text- and Literary-Critical Problems of the Books of Esther......Page 44
2. Methods......Page 45
a. The Texts......Page 46
c. The Opinions......Page 49
d. A Survey of Kossmann's Arguments......Page 51
e. Analysis......Page 54
4. General Conclusion......Page 61
Michael V. Fox: Three Esthers......Page 63
1. The Masoretic Text......Page 65
2. The Alpha Text......Page 68
3. The Septuagint......Page 70
4. The Real Esther?......Page 73
Sidnie White Crawford: Esther and Judith: Contrasts in Character......Page 74
Timothy S. Laniak: Esther's Volkcentrism and the Reframing of Post-Exilic Judaism......Page 90
Reframing Jebucentric Judaism......Page 92
Reframing Torahcentric Judaism......Page 95
Reframing Natocentric Judaism......Page 99
Reframing Yahwehcentric Judaism......Page 101
Elizabeth Groves: Double Take: Another Look at the Second Gathering of Virgins of Esther 2.19a......Page 104
Barry D. Walfish: Kosher Adultery? The Mordecai–Esther–Ahasuerus Triangle in Talmudic, Medieval and Sixteenth-Century Exegesis......Page 124
Background Issues......Page 150
Illuminated and Illustrated Traditions......Page 153
Illuminated and Illustrated Megillot: A Brief and Partial History......Page 157
Toward the Modern Era......Page 164
The Biblical Esther......Page 189
The Esther Tale Type......Page 190
Esther: Queen and Saint in the Old World and the New......Page 194
Esther in the Spanish Limelight......Page 196
Santa Ester in the New World......Page 197
Santa Ester in New Mexico......Page 198
Esther in American Jewish Modernity......Page 206
Haman and Esther in the Protestant Promised Land......Page 209
Conclusion......Page 212
Scott M. Langston: Reading a Text Backwards: The Book of Esther and Nineteenth Century Jewish American Interpretations......Page 213
Persians in Appearance, but Jews in their Hearts......Page 214
A Fair Type of True Womanhood......Page 222
Introduction......Page 230
What is Being Translated?......Page 233
How to Translate: Naming Names......Page 239
How to Translate: A 'heart.. .merry with wine'......Page 243
How to Translate: 'Wrath', 'Wrath'and more 'Wrath'......Page 245
How to Translate: 'From Maiden to Hot Tubs'......Page 250
Conclusions......Page 254
Cumulative Bibliography......Page 255
Index of References......Page 271
F......Page 277
O......Page 278
Z......Page 279
Back Matter......Page 280