| Die Esthernovelle - Vom Erzählten Zur Erzählung: Studien Zur Traditions- Und Redaktionsgeschichte Des Estherbuches Contributor(s): Kossmann, Ruth (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004115560 ISBN-13: 9789004115569 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $295.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: German Published: November 1999 Annotation: In this book the author attempts to unravel the original narratives which underlie the biblical Book of Esther. She reconstructs the contents of three non-Jewish narratives: A wedding story, in which the foreign beauty (Esther) takes the place of the disobedient queen, and two court narratives, telling the story of the rivalry between two courtiers at the Persian court. In exilic and postexilic times these basic narratives were merged into one topical and literarily well developed narrative, which expressed the problems connected with Jewish life in the diaspora. The author shows that this text has been redactionally revised once more, in an attempt to adjust Palestinian Judaism to the Jewish communities that flourished in the diaspora. This redaction bears the hallmarks of Judaism's clash with Hellenised political forces; Purim emerges as a succesful defense. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
| Dewey: 222.906 |
| LCCN: 99049290 |
| Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum |
| Physical Information: 1.27" H x 6.32" W x 9.5" (1.87 lbs) 414 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book the author attempts to unravel the original narratives which underlie the biblical Book of Esther. She reconstructs the contents of three non-Jewish narratives: A wedding story, in which the foreign beauty (Esther) takes the place of the disobedient queen, and two court narratives, telling the story of the rivalry between two courtiers at the Persian court. In exilic and postexilic times these basic narratives were merged into one topical and literarily well developed narrative, which expressed the problems connected with Jewish life in the diaspora. The author shows that this text has been redactionally revised once more, in an attempt to adjust Palestinian Judaism to the Jewish communities that flourished in the diaspora. This redaction bears the hallmarks of Judaism's clash with Hellenised political forces; Purim emerges as a succesful defense. |
