The purpose of this project was to examine the power of story, specifically biblical narratives, and determine their ability to deliver propositional statements for the purpose of teaching. Because of the metanarrative of Scripture, which says that the Bible as a whole is God-br…
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The enduring search for female salvation in American literature is first expressed through typology, an interpretive framework that pairs type with antitype, historical scriptural promise with future spiritual fulfillment. When Cotton Mather invokes the typos of Esther in Orname…
This is a close textual reading of the Hebrew text of the biblical book of Esther with special attention to descriptions of the human body. Esther's narrative is rich with corporeal descriptions including feasting and fasting, beauty competitions, and body positions. The transit…
The Verbs of Esther: A Discourse Analysis of a Post-Exilic Text seeks to describe the narrative main clause verbs, the quotation formula verbs, and the verbs in quotations found in the text of Esther. These verbs provide key information about the discourse structure of the text.…
Among the representatives of the Karaite "Golden Age" (10 th --11th centuries), Yefet ben 'Eli ha-Levi (Abu 'Ali H[dotbelow]asan ibn 'Ali al-Lawi al-Bas[dotbelow]ri) looms as the preeminent biblical exegete. His exegetical corpus, which spans the entire Hebrew canon, represents …
Hebrew Esther tells the story of a woman who assumes responsibility to save her people from attempted genocide. Old Greek and Alpha Text Esther are examples of Jewish apologetic and polemic literature that addressed Greek and Latin perceptions of Jewish xenophobia and misanthrop…