Esther : : The Outer Narrative and the Hidden Reading / / Jonathan Grossman.

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• VerfasserIn: Grossman, Jonathan,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)

Using narrative devices such as allusions and free associations, multivalent expressions, and irony, the author of Esther wrote a story that is about a Jewish woman, Esther, during the time of the Persian exile of Yehudites, and the Persian king, Ahasuerus, who was in power at the time. At various j...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Feast of Ahasuerus and the Feast of Vashti (Esther 1)
• 3. Esther Is Taken to the King (Esther 2)
• 4. The Attempted Rebellion against the King (Esther 2:21–23)
• 5. “Some Time Afterward”: The Promotion of Haman (Esther 3:1–6)
• 6. The Casting of the Lot (Esther 3:6–7)
• 7. Did the King Know of Haman’s Decree? (Esther 3:8–11)
• 8. The Secret Turning Point (Esther 4)
• 9. Esther’s Plan (Esther 5:1–8)
• 10. The Gallows (Esther 5:9–14)
• 11. Mordecai on Horseback (Esther 6)
• 12. Haman’s Advisers: Fate versus Divine Providence (Esther 6:12–13)
• 13. Esther’s Second Party (Esther 6:14–7:10)
• 14. Mordecai Appointed over Haman’s House, and Esther before the King Again (Esther 8:1–8)
• 15. Mordecai’s Letters (Esther 8:9–16)
• 16. “Not One Good Thing Was Lacking” (Esther 8:17–9:4)
• 17. Stages of the Festival’s Acceptance (Esther 9:15–32)
• 18. The Greatness of the King and the Greatness of Mordecai (Esther 10)
• 19. Conclusion
• Indexes