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Esther (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries) |
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Title: Esther (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries)
Author: Linda Day |
The Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries provide compact, critical commentaries on the books of the Old Testament for the use of theological students and pastors. The commentaries are also useful for upper-level college or university students and for those responsible for teaching in congregational settings. In this commentary, Day addresses both perennial and contemporary concerns pertinent to the book of Esther. Attention is given to literary, linguistic, and thematic features of the biblical text. Day considers the book of Esther with an eye to concerns of gender and ethnicity, as well as the theological concerns raised by divine absence in the story. |
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Title: JPS Commentary on Esther (JPS Bible Commentary)
Author: Adele Berlin |
Using the same format as the much-admired JPS Torah Commentary, Berlin evaluates the language, plot, historical framework, and importance of Esther to later tradition, seeing it as a comedy used in the festival of Purim. Explains the role of the megillah in the holiday and how women are viewed in the Bible. |
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Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther, NAC |
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Title: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther, New American Commentary
Author: Mervin Breneman |
The New American Commentary assumes the inerrancy of Scripture, focuses on the intrinsic theological and exegetical concerns of each biblical book, and engages the range of issues raised in contemporary biblical scholarship. Drawing on the skills and insights of over forty scholars and encompassing forty volumes, the NAC brings together scholarship and piety to produce a tool that enhances and supports the life of the church. |
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Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, New International Biblical Commentary |
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Title: Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, New International Biblical Commentary
Author: Leslie C. Allen, Timothy S. Laniak |
Ezra-Nehemiah is the Old Testament equivalent of the Acts of the Apostles it is a book of new beginnings. Just as Acts narrates the early history of the church through the work of the apostles, Ezra-Nehemiah narrates the re-establishment of the people of God after the exile through the work of Sheshbazzar, Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Allen explores Ezra-Nehemiah as a single literary text made up of three parts telling the story of three missions and the opposition they meet with. Wise and insightful, Leslie Allen has written a commentary that illuminates these texts and their intended message. Esther is a story about a young girl who becomes queen. Laniak's thoughtful commentary examines this narrative as a story with many levels of meaning. Esther is about the minority Jewish community in the dependent state of Diaspora, navigating a precarious existence in two worlds, and it is about the triumph of right over wrong, of God's people over their enemies. |
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Word Biblical Commentary, Ruth-Esther |
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Title: Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 9, Ruth-Esther
Author: Frederic Bush |
This landmark commentary by Dr. Frederic Bush fills a void in Old Testament studies. Ruth and Esther are among the most neglected books in the canon of Holy Scripture. None of the early Church fathers wrote a commentary on Esther, and the list of serious contemporary analyses of both Ruth and Esther is woefully short. So pastors and scholars alike will welcome Dr. Bush's thorough treatment of these intriguing texts to fill this exegetical gap. |
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