RT Article
T1 The book of Esther: A neglected paradigm for dealing with the state
JF Old Testament essays
VO 10
IS 1
SP 18
OP 26
A1 Firth, David G.
LA English
YR 1997
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1929964900
AB Although a number of different paradigms in the Old Testament for dealing with the state has been examined in recent years, the model offered by the book of Esther has been largely ignored. The model offered by this book is highly subtle, including the elements of critical acceptance and critical rejection of the state. One can also find such elements in other texts. Where the model offered by the book of Esther goes further, is that it also offers elements of self-criticism, suggesting that where the people of God become too closely enmeshed in the state they lose their critical distance and may themselves become the problem.
K1 Book of Esther
K1 Dealing with the state
K1 Massoretic text
K1 Mordecai
K1 Neglected paradigm
K1 Persian Empire
K1 Political engagement
K1 Promotion of Haman
K1 Self-criticism