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Character and ideology in the book of Esther / Michael V. Fox

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, 2001Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 333 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0802848818
  • 9780802848819
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 222.9 FOX C
LOC classification:
  • BS1375.3 .F694 2001
Contents:
Commentary -- Historicity and dating -- Genres -- Structures -- Vashti -- Xerxes -- Haman -- Mordecai -- Esther -- The Jews -- God -- The world -- Three books of Esther
Summary: Fox's commentary, based on his own translation of the Hebrew text, captures the meaning and artistry of Esther's inspiring story. After laying out the background information essential for properly reading Esther, Fox offers commentary on the text that unpacks its message and relevance. Fox also looks in depth at each character in the story of Esther, showing how they were carefully shaped by the book's author to teach readers a new view of how to live as Jews in foreign lands
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"With a new postscript on a decade of Esther scholarship."

Originally published: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©1991, in series: Studies on personalities of the Old Testament

Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-318) and index

Commentary -- Historicity and dating -- Genres -- Structures -- Vashti -- Xerxes -- Haman -- Mordecai -- Esther -- The Jews -- God -- The world -- Three books of Esther

Fox's commentary, based on his own translation of the Hebrew text, captures the meaning and artistry of Esther's inspiring story. After laying out the background information essential for properly reading Esther, Fox offers commentary on the text that unpacks its message and relevance. Fox also looks in depth at each character in the story of Esther, showing how they were carefully shaped by the book's author to teach readers a new view of how to live as Jews in foreign lands

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