{"product_id":"esther-and-the-politics-of-rebecca-s-hancock-9781451465624","title":"Esther and the Politics of Negotiation: Public and Private Spaces and the Figure of the Female Royal Counselor","description":"\u003cp\u003eWas Esther uniquean anomaly in patriarchal society? Conventionally, scholars see ancient Israelite and Jewish women as excluded from the public world, their power concentrated instead in the domestic realm and exercised through familial structures. Rebecca S. Hancock demonstrates, in contrast, that because of the patrimonial character of ancient Jewish society, the state was often organized along familial lines. The presence of women in roles of queen consort or queen is therefore a key political, and not simply domestic, feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttention to the narrative of Esther and comparison with Hellenistic and Persian historiography depicting wise women acting in royal contexts reveals that Esther is in fact representative of a wider tradition. Women could participate in political life structured along familial and kinship lines. Further, Hancocks demonstration qualifies the bifurcation of public (male-dominated) and private (female-dominated) space in the ancient Near East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca S. Hancock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1451465629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451465624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Augsburg Fortress Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.08w x 0.36d","brand":"Rebecca S. Hancock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46172986081535,"sku":"9781451465624","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3a58bd5-7cc3-4a24-80dd-a5d01f3b7db5.jpg?v=1727179647","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/esther-and-the-politics-of-rebecca-s-hancock-9781451465624","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}