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| Genre/Form: | Commentaries |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Erica Brown |
| ISBN: | 9781592645398 1592645399 |
| OCLC Number: | 1137839289 |
| Description: | xi, 493 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | Esther: an overview -- Satire, Drama, Fiction, History, or Theology? -- Esther as social commentary -- In the King's Palace -- Alcohol: the lubrication of Kings and fools -- Vashti: an ignoble exit -- Ahasuerus: foolish, evil or wise? -- Mordecai and Esther: the exile and the orphan -- A strange beauty contest -- Ignoring Mordecai, promoting Haman -- Mordecai's dangerous decision -- Haman's rage and revenge -- Clothing makes the leader -- Hatakh and the role of minor characters in the Book of Esther -- The destiny moment -- Between fasting and feasting -- Half of the kingdom -- Haman's happiness -- Sleepless in Shushan -- Reversals of fortune -- Mordecai's gate -- Revelation at Court -- Keeping silent -- Death by false accusation -- The signet ring changes hands -- The spoils of war -- Joy, finally -- Fear of the Jews -- An unreasonable death toll -- Letters: making pain and joy -- Taxes: a happy ending? -- Respected by most: the courtier's dilemma -- The end that wasn't written -- |
| Responsibility: | Erica Brown. |
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