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Author: Aaron Koller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-01-09
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 1107048354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book situates the book of Esther in the intellectual history of Ancient Judaism and provides a new understanding of its purpose.
Author: John Anthony Dunne
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2014-02-12
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 1620327848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat if the way the book of Esther has been taught to us in church and retold to us in films, cartoons, and romance novels has missed the original point of the story? Far from being models of piety and devotion, Esther and Mordecai seem indifferent to the faith of their ancestors. How then did this story become part of the Bible and gain the broad acceptance that it has? If the church should not neglect the story, how should it be read? Esther and Her Elusive God calls Christians to avoid the common attempts to make Esther more palatable and theological, and to reclaim this secular story as Scripture. Readers will be encouraged to see in Esther a profound message of God's grace and faithfulness to his wayward people.
Author: Gerald Friedlander
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Published: 1916
Total Pages: 558
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Aaron J. Koller
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781107261419
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Leila Leah Bronner
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780664255428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book-length attempt to focus on female biblical figures in the ancient rabbinic writings of midrash and Talmud. Primary rabbinic sources employed by the author bring new life and insight into the stories of Eve, Deborah, Hannah, Serah bat Asher, and others. As women and men today attempt to reevaluate past historical models, it serves us well to understand the values and inner workings of rabbinic thinking. The examination of what the sources actually say, and not what others would like them to have said, enable reinterpretation of women's role to proceed on an honest and authentic basis. Biblical women, reclaimed with contemporary midrash, can become paradigms for our modern lives.
Author: Michael V. Fox
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2010-04-01
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1725227975
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWidely praised as a seminal contribution to the study of the Old Testament when it first appeared, Michael V. Fox's Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther is now available in a second edition, complete with an up-to-date critical review of recent Esther scholarship. 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 clearly 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.
Author: Wayne K. Barkhuizen
Publisher: Lexham Press
Published: 2016-06-07
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 1577997123
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough the book of Esther contains no direct references to God, his fingerprints can be found all over it. In God Behind the Scenes, Wayne K. Barkhuizen helps us trace the unseen hand of God throughout the Esther narrative, while pointing out how the book is still relevant today. As we walk through the book, we’ll see how God was indeed active in preserving the people through whom the Messiah, Jesus Christ, would one day come.
Author: Josef Lössl
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2018-05-22
Total Pages: 711
ISBN-13: 1118968107
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive review of the development, geographic spread, and cultural influence of religion in Late Antiquity A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity offers an authoritative and comprehensive survey of religion in Late Antiquity. This historical era spanned from the second century to the eighth century of the Common Era. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, the Companion explores the evolution and development of religion and the role various religions played in the cultural, political, and social transformations of the late antique period. The authors examine the theories and methods used in the study of religion during this period, consider the most notable historical developments, and reveal how religions spread geographically. The authors also review the major religious traditions that emerged in Late Antiquity and include reflections on the interaction of these religions within their particular societies and cultures. This important Companion: Brings together in one volume the work of a notable team of international scholars Explores the principal geographical divisions of the late antique world Offers a deep examination of the predominant religions of Late Antiquity Examines established views in the scholarly assessment of the religions of Late Antiquity Includes information on the current trends in late-antique scholarship on religion Written for scholars and students of religion, A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity offers a comprehensive survey of religion and the influence religion played in the culture, politics, and social change during the late antique period.
Author: Stefan C. Reif
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2015-11-13
Total Pages: 479
ISBN-13: 3110386089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGiven the recent interest in the emotions presupposed in early religious literature, it has been thought useful to examine in this volume how the Jews and early Christians expressed their feelings within the prayers recorded in some of their literature. Specialists in their fields from academic institutions around the world have analysed important texts relating to this overall theme and to what is revealed with regard to such diverse topics as relations with God, exegesis, education, prophecy, linguistic expression, feminism, happiness, grief, cult, suicide, non-Jews, Hellenism, Qumran and Jerusalem. The texts discussed are in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic and are important for a scientific understanding of how Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity developed their approaches to worship, to the construction of their theology and to the feelings that lay behind their religious ideas and practices. The articles contribute significantly to an historical understanding of how Jews maintained their earlier traditions but also came to terms with the ideology of the dominant Hellenistic culture that surrounded them.
Author: Yoram Hazony
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 1107132053
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the political crisis that erupts when the Persian government falls to fanatics and a Jewish insider goes rogue.
