Author: Eliezer SegalPublisher:
ISBN: 9781951498009
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Babylonian Esther Midrash
Author: Eliezer SegalPublisher:
ISBN: 9781951498009
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Babylonian Esther Midrash
Author: The Babylonian Esther Midrash: To the beginning of Esther chapter 5
Author: Eliezer SegalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The Babylonian Esther Midrash: Esther chapter 5 to end
Author: Eliezer SegalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Babylonian Esther Midrash: To the end of Esther chapter 1
Author: Eliezer SegalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Babylonian Esther Midrash
Author: Eliezer SegalPublisher:
ISBN: 9781951498061
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought
Author: Aaron KollerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107729807
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
The book of Esther was a conscious reaction to much of the conventional wisdom of its day, challenging beliefs regarding the Jerusalem Temple, the land of Israel, Jewish law, and even God. Aaron Koller identifies Esther as primarily a political work, and shows that early reactions ranged from ignoring the book to 'rewriting' Esther in order to correct its perceived flaws. But few biblical books have been read in such different ways, and the vast quantity of Esther-interpretation in rabbinic literature indicates a conscious effort by the Rabbis to present Esther as a story of faith and traditionalism, and bring it into the fold of the grand biblical narrative. Koller situates Esther, and its many interpretations, within the intellectual and political contexts of Ancient Judaism, and discusses its controversial themes. His innovative line of enquiry will be of great interest to students and scholars of Bible and Jewish studies.
Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought
Author: Aaron KollerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107048354
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
This book situates the book of Esther in the intellectual history of Ancient Judaism and provides a new understanding of its purpose.
Veiling Esther, Unveiling Her Story
Author: Adam J. SilversteinPublisher:
ISBN: 0198797222
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
This book examines the ways in which the Biblical Book of Esther was read, understood, and used in Muslim lands, from ancient to modern times. It features case-studies covering works from various periods and regions of the Muslim world.
From Sermon to Commentary
Author: Eliezer SegalPublisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN: 0889209111
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
The Bible has always been vital to Jewish religious life, and it has been expounded in diverse ways. Perhaps the most influential body of Jewish biblical interpretation is the Midrash that was produced by expositors during the first five centuries CE. Many such teachings are collected in the Babylonian Talmud, the monumental compendium of Jewish law and lore that was accepted as the definitive statement of Jewish oral tradition for subsequent generations. However, many of the Talmud’s interpretations of biblical passages appear bizarre or pointless. From Sermon to Commentary: Expounding the Bible in Talmudic Babylonia tries to explain this phenomenon by carefully examining representative passages from a variety of methodological approaches, paying particular attention to comparisons with Midrash composed in the Land of Israel. Based on this investigation, Eliezer Segal argues that the Babylonian sages were utilizing discourses that had originated in Israel as rhetorical sermons in which biblical interpretation was being employed in an imaginative, literary manner, usually based on the interplay between two or more texts from different books of the Bible. Because they did not possess their own tradition of homiletic preaching, the Babylonian rabbis interpreted these comments without regard for their rhetorical conventions, as if they were exegetical commentaries, resulting in the distinctive, puzzling character of Babylonian Midrash.