Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements v
3. Contents vii
4. 1 Introduction: Currents in Scroll and Intertextual Scholarship 1
5. Part One: The Allusive Megillah and the Scholarly Attempts to Understand It
6. 2 Textual Connections and Scholarly Histories 27
7. 3 Other Intertextual Relationships and Esther and Joseph’s Good Looks 42
8. Part Two: Compositional and Structural Considerations
9. 4 Esther’s Compositional History and the Development of its Allusive Purpose 57
10. 5 The Redactional Stages and Narrative Cohesiveness of MT Esther’s Final Literary Form 77
11. Part Three: The Theology of Esther and Contrast of Daniel
12. 6 The Theological Implications of Esther’s Relationship with Joseph 97
13. 7 Daniel’s Position in Joseph and Esther’s Intertextual Chain 112
14. 8 Conclusion: Esther’s Intertextual Reflections and Theological Additions 128
15. Bibliography 139
16. Subject Index 147
17. Index of Secondary Authors 149
18. Index of Biblical Passages 151