Esther: A Commentary
- ISBN-10
- 0664220932
- ISBN-13
- 9780664220938
- Series
- Esther
- Category
- Religion / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / General
- Pages
- 142
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Westminster John Knox Press
- Author
- Jon Douglas Levenson
Description
Among the books of the Old Testament, the book of Esther presents significant interpretive problems. The book has been preserved in Greek and Hebrew texts that diverge greatly from each other. As a result, Jews and Protestants usually read a version of the book of Esther that is several chapters shorter than the one in most Catholic and Orthodox Bibles. Jon D. Levenson capably guides the reader through both the longer Greek version and the shorter Hebrew one, demonstrating their coherence and their differences.This commentary listens to the voices of modern scholarship as well as rabbinic interpretation, providing a wealth of interpretive results.
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