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Esther : a handbook on the Hebrew text / John Screnock, Robert D. Holmstedt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Hebrew Original language: Hebrew Series: Baylor handbook on the Hebrew Bible seriesPublication details: Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, (c)2015.Description: vii, 295 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1602586780
  • 9781602586789
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1375.52.S433.E884 2015
Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Esther becomes Queen of Persia (1:1-2:23) -- Vashti's downfall (1:1-22) -- Esther is chosen as Queen (2:1-23) -- Haman and Mordecai in conflict. The rise of Haman (3:1-15) -- Mordecai's response (4:1-17) -- Esther's plan (5:1-8) -- Haman's plan implodes (5:9-6:14) -- The end of Haman (7:1-10) -- The Jews and the people in conflict (8:1-9:32) -- A plan to save the Jews (8:1-17) -- The Jews prevail (9:1-19) -- The Jews' victory commemorated and reprised (9:20-32) -- Epilogue (10:1-3).
Summary: This handbook in the Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible series provides students of Hebrew with the translation of Esther paired with an exhaustive word by word morphological analysis of the text. Through careful syntactic and textual investigation, Holmstedt and Screnock bring to life one of the most loved biblical books. Esther enables a linguistic understanding of the Old Testament Hebrew text through solid contextual interpretation.
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Esther becomes Queen of Persia (1:1-2:23) -- Vashti's downfall (1:1-22) -- Esther is chosen as Queen (2:1-23) -- Haman and Mordecai in conflict. The rise of Haman (3:1-15) -- Mordecai's response (4:1-17) -- Esther's plan (5:1-8) -- Haman's plan implodes (5:9-6:14) -- The end of Haman (7:1-10) -- The Jews and the people in conflict (8:1-9:32) -- A plan to save the Jews (8:1-17) -- The Jews prevail (9:1-19) -- The Jews' victory commemorated and reprised (9:20-32) -- Epilogue (10:1-3).

This handbook in the Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible series provides students of Hebrew with the translation of Esther paired with an exhaustive word by word morphological analysis of the text. Through careful syntactic and textual investigation, Holmstedt and Screnock bring to life one of the most loved biblical books. Esther enables a linguistic understanding of the Old Testament Hebrew text through solid contextual interpretation.

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Text in English; examples in Hebrew with English translations.

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