Esther Regina
Subtitle: a Bakhtinian reading
By: André LaCocque.
Series: Rethinking theory
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780810124585; 9780810124592
Subjects: Bakhtin, M. M. -- 1895-1975; Bible. -- O.T. -- Esther -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible as literature; Carnival in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-191) and index.
Table of contents: title: The literary genre(s) of the Book of Esther; title: The Book of Esther and the powers that be; title: The secularism of the Book of Esther; title: A trio of women: Vashti, Esther, Zeresh; title: In the background: Israel versus Amalek; title: Banqueting and festivities; title: The Book of Esther interprets and is interpreted; title: Otherness: the women and the Jews; title: Appendix: outline of the Book of Esther.