Esther (OTL) (Old Testament Library) - Hardcover

Levenson, Jon D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0664220932 ISBN 13: 9780664220938

Verlag: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997

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The book of Esther has been preserved in ancient texts that diverge greatly from each other. As a result, Jews and Protestants usually read a version which is shorter than that of most Catholic or Orthodox Bibles. In this volume, now available in a new casebound edition, Levenson capably guides readers through both versions, demonstrating their coherence and their differences.

The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.

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Jon D. Levenson is Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies, Harvard Divinity School.

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Among the books of the Old Testament, the book of Esther presents significant interpretive problems. The book has been preserved in Greek and Hebrew texts that diverge greatly from each other. As a result, Jews and Protestants usually read a version of the book of Esther that is several chapters shorter than the one in most Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. Jon D. Levenson capably guides the reader through both the longer Greek version and the shorter Hebrew one, demonstrating their coherence and their differences.This commentary listens to the voices of modern scholarship as well as rabbinic interpretation, providing a wealth of interpretive results.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Westminster John Knox Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0664220932
• ISBN 13: 9780664220938
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 162
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