Esther in Medieval Garb

Barry Dov Walfish

Description

This comprehensive history, the first to appear in English, gives a vivid portrayal of the Book of Esther's role in the intellectual and cultural life of Jews in the Middle Ages. Much of the study is based on material that exists only in manuscripts, and it introduces many exegetes hitherto unknown or unstudied.
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction

PART I. THE WORK OF THE EXEGETE

1. Jewish Sources for Exegesis

2. Non-Jewish Sources for Exegesis

3. Literary Concerns

4. Theological Issues

PART II. THE WORLD OF THE EXEGETE

5. Persia through European Eyes: Geography, Architecture, Customs, and Institutions

6. Jewish-Gentile Relations and Jewish Attitudes to Gentiles as Reflected in the Commentaries

7. The State of the Jewish People in the Diaspora: Perceptions of Antisemitism

8. The Royal Court

9. The Jews and the Monarchy: The Role of Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther

Concluding Remarks

Appendix I. The Exegetes of the Book of Esther: A Bio-bibliographical Survey with Textual Excursuses

Appendix II. Immanuel of Rome and Dante on the Differentiation of Languages and the Dating of Immanuel's Commentary on the Book of Esther

Notes

Bibliography
Medieval Commentaries on the Book of Esther in Print and in Manuscript

Other Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Author and Title Index

Subject Index

Index of Scripture Citations

Index of Manuscripts by Depository Libraries

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438423074
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 25 Mo

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