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Cargando... Character and Ideology in the Book of Estherpor Michael V. Fox
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Complete with an up-to-date critical review of recent Esther scholarship, Fox's commentary captures the meaning and artistry of Esther's inspiring story. Fox also looks in depth at each character in the story of Esther, showing how they carefully were shaped by the story's author to teach a new view of how to live as Jews in foreign lands. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The book consists of an introduction, commentary on the text, discussion of historicity, genre, and style, character analysis, analysis of the textual history and different versions of the text, more technical philological notes, and, in the second edition, an update on Esther scholarship in the past decade.
Fox does not believe that the events happened but upholds the author's desire for the book to be read as if it is history. Fox provides a good counterweight to the often anti-semitic and hostile views taken against the book-- he shows how the author attempts to show how the Jews (and, really, any minority people) can try to live, function, and perhaps even their way a few times, within a gentile empire. The analyses of the characters are probing and excellent, and Fox does well at redeeming the book from the harsh criticism of the feminists.
An invaluable resource to help in understanding the book of Esther. (