JPS Bible Commentary: Esther
JPS Bible Commentary: Esther
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Hardback
£36.00
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
ISBN: 9780827606999
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 01/01/2001
Width: 20.3 cm
Height: 25.4 cm
Recipient of the Prize of the Minister of Science, Culture, and Sport [of the State of Israel] for classical literature for the year 5762 [2001]
The commentary, which accompanies the Hebrew biblical text and the JPS translation, approaches the Book of Esther from a fresh literary point of view. It includes essays entitled “When and Where Was the Book of Esther Written?,” “Sex and Spies,” and “Rabbinic Interpretation.”
"This informative commentary . . . dissects the Book of Esther and, by extension, the Jewish holiday of Purim. Berlin begins with a lengthy introduction, discussing Esther as comedy and as diaspora literature; the introduction does a fine job of explaining the Persian period and its various art forms."-Publishers Weekly "Berlin's literary approach to the book of Esther is a very well done, and filled with important information."-David J. Zucker, Women in Judaism
