Esther in Medieval Garb: Jewish Interpretation of the Book of Esther in the Middle AgesSUNY Press, 1 בינו׳ 1993 - 386 עמודים This comprehensive history, the first to appear in English, gives a vivid portrayal of the Book of Esther's role in the intellectual and cultural life of Jews in the Middle Ages. Much of the study is based on material that exists only in manuscripts, and it introduces many exegetes hitherto unknown or unstudied. |
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Introduction | 1 |
THE WORK OF THE EXEGETE | 11 |
NonJewish Sources for Exegesis | 45 |
Literary Concerns | 63 |
Theological Issues | 75 |
THE WORLD OF THE EXEGETE | 95 |
JewishGentile Relations and Jewish | 121 |
The State of the Jewish People in | 143 |
Concluding Remarks | 201 |
Immanuel of Rome and Dante | 231 |
Medieval Commentaries on | 307 |
Other Primary Sources | 329 |
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מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Abraham Ibn Ezra Abraham Saba according Ahasuerus Ahasuerus's Amalek Anonymous astrology B.T. Megillah Baḥya Bible biblical BL London BL Oxford BN Paris Book of Esther BP Parma chapter Christian court courtier decree divine Eliezer enemies Esther commentary Esther story exegesis exegetes explains expulsion Ezra's fifteenth century fols fourteenth century Gentiles Gersonides God's Haman Hayyun héb Hebrew Ibid Immanuel of Rome interpretation Isaac Arama Isaac ben Joseph Israel Jerusalem Jewish community Jews Joseph ha-Kohen Joseph Kara Judah kabbalistic Karaite Kaspi kesef kill king king's kingdom manuscript medieval exegetes Medieval Jewish Megillat Ester mentary mentioned Middle Ages midrashic miracles Moses Naḥmias Neubauer northern French exegetes palace Peirush peshat queen quotes rabbinic Rashbam Rashi refers repr royal Saba's sages says scholars scroll seems Sefer Shalom shel Shemariah shoveh Shushan sources Spain Spanish Susa Talmud Torah trans Vashti verse vols word Yosef Zechariah Zechariah ben Saruk Zohar Zotenberg