Esther Scroll: The Story of the StoryThe book of Esther emerges from complex origins. According to David J. A. Clines, the story combines elements from numerous literary, textual, and storytelling traditions. Through the telling and retelling of the story, the book as it appears in the modern canon slowly emerges. In this volume, Clines uncovers this fascinating history by examining the literary and textual elements of the book, the shape of the story, and the shifts in meaning as new generations have retold the story and interpreted it for their own time. |
Contents
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THE GREEK ESTHER | 69 |
THE OLDER HEBREW ESTHER | 93 |
A SEQUENCE OF ESTHER STORIES | 139 |
TABLE | 140 |
Notes | 175 |
Bibliography | 205 |
Abbreviations | 213 |
APPENDIX | 215 |
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A-text Adar Additions Agagite Ahasuerus AT's Bardtke Bickerman Book of Esther Buch Esther Cazelles celebration Chapter conflict courtiers deliverance Dommershausen edict empire enemies Esther and Mordecai Esther scroll Esther source Esther story Estherrolle eunuchs explain festival Gerleman Greek Haman Haman's decree Hammedatha Hebrew honour Jewish Jews king king's presence letter of Mordecai Life-Style for Diaspora Masoretic text massacre Medes Moore Mordecai and Esther Mordecai source narrator numbered Old Testament original Paton Persian empire plot pre-Masoretic story proskynesis proto-Masoretic proto-MT provinces Purim queen redactional religious royal satraps scene second decree Septuagint Studies Susa thirteenth of Adar translation Vashti verses Vorlage Αμαν ἀπὸ αὐτῆς αὐτοῦ αὐτῷ αὐτῶν γὰρ δὲ εἰς ἐν τῇ ἐπὶ Εσθηρ ἡμῶν ἦν κατὰ Μαρδοχαῖος μὴ οἱ ὅτι οὐ οὐκ περὶ πρὸς τὰ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τὸν βασιλέα τοῦ βασιλέως τοὺς τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν ὡς