"Beneath Religious Claims": Reading the Book of Esther from a Sociopolitical Context

Beneath the surface of the narrative in the Book of Esther are embedded, unruly, semiotically unstable text and that must be decoded theologically for safe political and social application. Traditionally, the story has been read as a religious conflict that resulted from Haman's unnecessary hat...

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Main Author: Quayesi-Amakye, Joseph (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2018]
In: Studies in interreligious dialogue
Year: 2018, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-41
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Esther / Social policy / Conflict
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BC Ancient Orient; religion
HB Old Testament
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