The politics of Purim: law, sovereignty and hospitality in the aesthetic afterlives of Esther

"This book approaches the holiday of Purim as profane, freed to human use and ends, in order to consider the political legacy of the biblical story of Esther in festival and art works. Jo Carruthers explores carnival and synagogue practices, the purimshpiln (Purim's own dramatic genre) , i...

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Main Author: Carruthers, Jo 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: [London, England] T & T Clark 2020
In: Scriptural traces: critical perspectives on the reception and influence of the Bible (25)
Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Carruthers, Jo, The politics of Purim : law, sovereignty and hospitality in the aesthetic afterlives of Esther] (2021) (Ruiz-Ortiz, Francisco-Javier, 1976 -)
Edition:First edition
Series/Journal:Scriptural traces: critical perspectives on the reception and influence of the Bible 25
Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies Old Testament studies 694
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. Esther Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Esther Queen of Persia
B Biblical studies & exegesis
B Electronic books
B Bible stories, English Esther
B Purim
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Carruthers, Jo 1974- (Author)
Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2021
Print Book 1767497679
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Carruthers, Jo 1974- (Author)
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2020
Electronic Book 1691086207
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