- ISSN: 2542-6583
- E-ISSN: 2590-3268
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oa Ester, een wijze satire
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion, Volume 44, Issue 2, Apr 1990, p. 109 - 120
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- 01 Apr 1990
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.
© L.A. Snijders
