Empire and gender in LXX Esther
- Title
- Empire and gender in LXX Esther / Meredith J. Stone.
- Published by
- Atlanta, GA : SBL Press, [2018]
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 338 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Empire and Gender in LXX Esther foregrounds and highlights empire as the central lens in this provocative new reading of Esther. This book provides a unique synchronic reading of LXX Esther with the Additions, allowing the presence and negotiation of imperial power to be further illuminated throughout the story's plot. Stone explores and demonstrates how performances of gender are inextricably intertwined with the exertion and negotiation of imperial power portrayed in LXX Esther and offers examples of connections to the range of imperial power experienced by Jewish people during the late Second Temple period. Stone offers a new perspective on essential aspects of Esther's plot and characters for students and scholars of early Judaism and the book of Esther.--Publisher's description.
- Series statement
- Early Judaism and its literature ; Number 48
- Uniform title
- Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 48.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-318) and indexes.