Digital Logos Edition
This interdisciplinary commentary ranges from early midrashic interpretation to contemporary rewritings introducing interpretations of the only biblical book not to mention God.
The author digs up literary echoes and poetic versions of the biblical book of Esther.... This important scholarly resource originated as a PhD thesis in the University of Manchester. It is to be hoped the PhD students can be interested in doing similar research, producing studies as valuable as the present one.
—International Review of Biblical Studies
This book can be highly recommended. It provides a fascinating glimpse of how the Bible has shaped … The ideals of society throughout history.
—Expository Times