Esther Through the Centuries by Carruthers, Jo

Esther Through the Centuries (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781119004677)

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Esther Through the Centuries by Carruthers, Jo

Esther Through the Centuries

$39.95
Esther Through the Centuries by Carruthers, Jo

Esther Through the Centuries

$39.95
Format: Paperback
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This interdisciplinary commentary ranges from early midrashic interpretation to contemporary rewritings introducing interpretations of the only biblical book not to mention God.
  • Unearths a wealth of neglected rewritings inspired by the story's relevance to themes of nationhood, rebellion, providence, revenge, female heroism, Jewish identity, exile, genocide and 'multiculturalism'
  • Reveals the various struggles and strategies used by religious commentators to make sense of this only biblical book that does not mention God
  • Asks why Esther is underestimated by contemporary feminist scholars despite a long history of subversive rewritings
  • Compares the most influential Jewish and Christian interpretations and interpreters
  • Includes an introduction to the book's myriad representations in literature, music, and art
  • Published in the reception-history series, Blackwell Bible Commentaries


Author: Jo Carruthers
ISBN-10: 1119004675
ISBN-13: 9781119004677
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 06/08/2020
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d
By Jo Carruthers
By Jo Carruthers
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Jo Carruthers teaches at Lancaster University, UK, and works across the disciplines of literary and religious studies. Her books include The Politics of Purim: Law, Sovereignty and Hospitality in the Aesthetic Afterlives of Esther (2020); England's Secular Scripture: Islamophobia and the Protestant Aesthetic (2011); and Literature and the Bible: A Reader (with Mark Knight and Andrew Tate, 2013).

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