Violence and Divine Victory in the Book of Esther (Forschungen Zum Alten Testament 2.reihe) 9783161606601, 9783161606618, 3161606604

Thomas Wetzel offers a new way to understand the violence and religious absence long emphasized in readings of the Hebre

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Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Preface
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Delicate Art of Esther
Chapter 1: There's Something about Ester
Chapter 2: A Set of Greek Correctives
Chapter 3: Hidden within the Seed
Chapter 4: Acting Jewish
Chapter 5: Creation ex Chaos
Chapter 6: Under the Curse Of Destination
Conclusion: "Reveal Yourself in this Time of Our Afflictions"
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Subjects
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Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe Edited by

Konrad Schmid (Zürich) Â Mark S. Smith (Princeton) Andrew Teeter (Harvard)

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Thomas Wetzel

Violence and Divine Victory in the Book of Esther

Mohr Siebeck

Thomas Wetzel, born 1967; 1990 BA philosophy; 1994 MA and 2000 PhD in English literature, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 2006 MA in theology, Marquette University; 2015 ThD, Harvard Divinity School; currently assistant professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Loyola University Chicago. orcid.org/ 0000-0003-1022-4406

ISBN 978-3-16-160660-1 / eISBN 978-3-16-160661-8 DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-160661-8 ISSN 1611-4914 / eISSN 2568-8367 (Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 2. Reihe) The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliographie; detailed bibliographic data are available at http://dnb.dnb.de. © 2022 Mohr Siebeck Tübingen, Germany. www.mohrsiebeck.com This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that permitted by copyright law) without the publisher’s written permission. This applies particularly to reproductions, translations and storage and processing in electronic systems. The book was printed on non-aging paper by Laupp & Göbel in Gomaringen and bound by Buchbinderei Nädele in Nehren. Printed in Germany.

    

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