Esther Through the Centuries

Series Editors Preface.
<p>Acknowledgements.</p>
<p>Introduction.</p>
<p>Why Reception?.</p>
<p>An Irredeemable Book?.</p>
<p>Jewish Tradition.</p>
<p>Christian Tradition.</p>
<p>Summary of Works.</p>
<p>Godless Scripture.</p>
<p>Allegory.</p>
<p>Providence, Chosenness, Nationhood.</p>
<p>Providence.</p>
<p>Exile and Diaspora.</p>
<p>Nationalism.</p>
<p>Patriotism.</p>
<p>Political Application.</p>
<p>Esther as Literature.</p>
<p>Esther 1:1–9.</p>
<p>1:1 The King and Empire.</p>
<p>1:3 The King s Feast.</p>
<p>1:4 Display of Wealth.</p>
<p>1:8 There was no compulsion to drink.</p>
<p>Women s Feast.</p>
<p>Vashti.</p>
<p>Esther 1:10–12.</p>
<p>1:12 Disobedience.</p>
<p>1:13–22 The Empire Strikes Back.</p>
<p>1:19 Vashti s Punishment.</p>
<p>1:22 The Decree.</p>
<p>Esther 2:1–7.</p>
<p>2:1 The King Remembers Vashti.</p>
<p>2:2–4 To The Harem.</p>
<p>2:5–6 Mordecai.</p>
<p>2:7 Hadassah–Esther.</p>
<p>Esther 2:8–23.</p>
<p>2:8–14 Esther in the Harem.</p>
<p>2:15 Esther s Beauty.</p>
<p>2:16–18 Esther Becomes Queen.</p>
<p>Esther 3.</p>
<p>3:1 Haman.</p>
<p>3:2 But Mordecai did not bow down .</p>
<p>3:7 Casting Lots.</p>
<p>3:8 (Mis) Representing Jews: A People Set Apart.</p>
<p>3:8 Evil Counsellors.</p>
<p>3:12–15 Genocidal Edicts.</p>
<p>3:15 The King and Haman sat down to drink .</p>
<p>Esther 4:1–14.</p>
<p>4:1–3 Great mourning among the Jews .</p>
<p>4:4–14 Esther and Mordecai Confer.</p>
<p>4:14 From another quarter .</p>
<p>Esther 4:15–17.</p>
<p>4:15 Fast ye for me .</p>
<p>4:16 If I perish, I perish .</p>
<p>Esther as Exemplar of Resolve.</p>
<p>4:17 Mordecai [...] did everything as Esther had ordered him.</p>
<p>Esther 5.</p>
<p>5:4–8 Esther s First Banquet.</p>
<p>5:9–14 Haman s Wrath.</p>
<p>Esther 6.</p>
<p>The King s Sleeplessness.</p>
<p>6:11 The Triumph of Mordecai.</p>
<p>Esther 7 and 8.</p>
<p>7:1–6 Esther s Second Banquet.</p>
<p>7:7–8 Haman s Fate.</p>
<p>8:1–6 how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? .</p>
<p>8:7–14 The Irreversible Decree.</p>
<p>8:15–17 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour .</p>
<p>Esther 9 and 10.</p>
<p>9:2 Scenes of Slaughter.</p>
<p>9:7–10 Ten Sons of Haman.</p>
<p>9:26 Purim.</p>
<p>9:29 &amp; 32 Then Esther the Queen ... wrote with all authority .</p>
<p>10 The Greatness of Mordecai.</p>
<p>Bibliography.</p>
<p>Esther Secondary Sources.</p>
<p>Other Secondary Sources.</p>
<p>Primary Sources.</p>
<p>1. Pre–1500.</p>
<p>2. 1500–1800.</p>
<p>3. Post–1800.</p>
<p>List of Illustrations.</p>
<p>Name Index.</p>
<p>Subject Index</p>