Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther

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Beschreibung

Esther is the most visual book of the Hebrew Bible and was largely crafted in the Fourth Century BCE by an author who was clearly au fait with the rarefied world of the Achaemenid court. It therefore provides an unusual melange of information which can enlighten scholars of Ancient Iranian Studies whilst offering Biblical scholars access into the Persian world from which the text emerged.

In this book, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones unlocks the text of Esther by reading it against the rich iconographic world of ancient Persia and of the Near East. Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther is a cultural and iconographic exploration of an important, but often undervalued, biblical book, and Llewellyn-Jones presents the book of Esther as a rich source for the study of life and thought in the Persian Empire. The author reveals answers to important questions, such as the role of the King's courtiers in influencing policy, the way concubines at court were recruited, the structure of the harem in shifting the power of royal women, the function of feasting and drinking in the articulation of courtly power, and the meaning of gift-giving and patronage at the Achaemenid court.

Über den Autor

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor in Ancient History at Cardiff University, UK. He is the author of King and Court in Ancient Persia (2013), The Hellenistic Court (2016), Persians: the Age of the Great Kings (2022), Kleopatra Thea and Kleopatra III: Sister-Queens in the High-Hellenistic Period (2022), and Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther: Achaemenid Court Culture in the Hebrew Bible (I.B. Tauris, 2023).

Zusammenfassung

Includes a new translation of the book of Ether, with highlighted sections corresponding to the exegesis and a short commentary on a chapter-by-chapter basis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Commentary
Concluding Thoughts

Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	280
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780755603022
ISBN-10:	0755603028
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	229 x 152 x 22 mm
Von/Mit:	Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Erscheinungsdatum:	06.04.2023
Gewicht:	0,434 kg