@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/NTT1990.44.002.SNIJ, author = "Snijders, L.A.", title = "Ester, een wijze satire", journal= "NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion", year = "1990", volume = "44", number = "2", pages = "109-120", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/NTT1990.44.002.SNIJ", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/NTT1990.44.002.SNIJ", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "2590-3268", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Abstract The book of Esther receives rightly the mark of a wisdom-story. Although the sort novel has a profane and anthropocentric character, we cannot call this tale un-Jewish or unbiblical. Casting a glance at Proverbs and Ecclesiastes Esther fits well in certain rabbinical lines of thought. It is worth wile to recognize the book as a satire. This throws a new light upon several traits of the much-discussed narrative.", }