God and Politics in Esther
Title | God and Politics in Esther PDF eBook |
Author | Yoram Hazony |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107132053 |
This book explores the political crisis that erupts when the Persian government falls to fanatics and a Jewish insider goes rogue.
Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought
Title | Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought PDF eBook |
Author | Aaron Koller |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2014-01-09 |
Genre | Bibles |
ISBN | 1107048354 |
This book situates the book of Esther in the intellectual history of Ancient Judaism and provides a new understanding of its purpose.
God and Politics in Esther
Title | God and Politics in Esther PDF eBook |
Author | Yoram Hazony |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2015-12-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1316489884 |
A political crisis erupts when the Persian government falls to fanatics, and a Jewish insider goes rogue, determined to save her people at all costs. God and Politics in Esther explores politics and faith. It is about an era in which the prophets have been silenced and miracles have ceased, and Jewish politics has come to depend not on commands from on high, but on the boldness and belief of each woman and man. Esther takes radical action to win friends and allies, reverse terrifying decrees, and bring God's justice into the world with her own hands. Hazony's The Dawn has long been a cult classic, read at Purim each year the world over. Twenty years on, this revised edition brings the book to much wider attention. Three controversial new chapters address the astonishingly radical theology that emerges from amid the political intrigues of the book.
Esther and Her Elusive God
Title | Esther and Her Elusive God PDF eBook |
Author | John Anthony Dunne |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 171 |
Release | 2014-02-12 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1620327848 |
What if the way the book of Esther has been taught to us in church and retold to us in films, cartoons, and romance novels has missed the original point of the story? Far from being models of piety and devotion, Esther and Mordecai seem indifferent to the faith of their ancestors. How then did this story become part of the Bible and gain the broad acceptance that it has? If the church should not neglect the story, how should it be read? Esther and Her Elusive God calls Christians to avoid the common attempts to make Esther more palatable and theological, and to reclaim this secular story as Scripture. Readers will be encouraged to see in Esther a profound message of God's grace and faithfulness to his wayward people.
God Behind the Scenes
Title | God Behind the Scenes PDF eBook |
Author | Wayne K. Barkhuizen |
Publisher | Lexham Press |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 2016-06-07 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1577997123 |
Although the book of Esther contains no direct references to God, his fingerprints can be found all over it. In God Behind the Scenes, Wayne K. Barkhuizen helps us trace the unseen hand of God throughout the Esther narrative, while pointing out how the book is still relevant today. As we walk through the book, we’ll see how God was indeed active in preserving the people through whom the Messiah, Jesus Christ, would one day come.
The Dawn
Title | The Dawn PDF eBook |
Author | Yoram Hazony |
Publisher | Shalem Press |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Bible |
ISBN | 9789657052068 |
The Dawn removes the book of Esther from the realm of fairy tale, translating the biblical narrative's political thought into teachings of the utmost relevance today. It reveals Esther's ideas of the good state, how effective leadership makes decisions for the welfare of its people, and what modern-day Jews can learn about how to stand up to their enemies and maintain Jewish faith and nationhood even as God's face remains hidden from His people.
Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther
Title | Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther PDF eBook |
Author | Michael V. Fox |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 2010-04-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1725227975 |
Widely praised as a seminal contribution to the study of the Old Testament when it first appeared, Michael V. Fox's Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther is now available in a second edition, complete with an up-to-date critical review of recent Esther scholarship. Fox's commentary, based on his own translation of the Hebrew text, captures the meaning and artistry of Esther's inspiring story. After laying out the background information essential for properly reading Esther, Fox offers commentary on the text that clearly unpacks its message and relevance. Fox also looks in depth at each character in the story of Esther, showing how they were carefully shaped by the book's author to teach readers a new view of how to live as Jews in foreign lands.