Product Description: The Book of Esther is one of the five Megillot. It tells the story of a Jewish girl in Persia, who becomes queen and saves her people from a genocide. The story of Esther forms the core of the Jewish festival of Purim. The commentary presents a literary analysis of the text, taking into account the inclusion and arrangement of different pericopes, and an analysis of the narration...read more

Product Description: La maniere dont la litterature biblique et extra-biblique se construit ... travers la reception et la reinterpretation de textes et de traditions consideres comme fondateurs et investis d'une autorite est au coeur de ce volume. Cette problematique est abordee de maniere ...read more

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