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Vol. 3 The Babylonian Esther Midrash: A Critical Commentary

Eliezer Segal 1994 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license © Brown University
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  • 978-1-951498-50-4 (PDF)
  • 978-1-951498-49-8 (ebook)
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  • Cover
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Publishers' Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • The Commentary
    • 1. Presentation of text in translation
    • 2. Variant readings
    • 3. Transliteration
    • 4. The Textual witnesses and their sigla
  • Chapter 12: The Tide Turns
    • Esther Stood
    • Three Ministering Angels
    • “Half of the Kingdom”
    • Esther’s Motives
      • 1) R. Eliezer
      • 2) R. Joshua
      • 3) R. Meir
      • 4) R. Judah
      • 5) R. Nehemiah
      • 6) R. Yosé
      • 7) R. Simeon ben Manasia
      • 8) R. Joshua ben Qoḥhah
      • 9) Rabban Gamaliel
      • 10) R. Eleazar the Moda‘ite
      • 11) Rabbah
      • 12) Abaye and Rava
      • Meeting Elijah
    • “And the Multitude of His Children”
    • 208 Sons
    • Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter Thirteen: The Sleepless Night
    • The Sleep of the King of the Universe
    • The Upper Ones Wandered and the Lower Ones Wandered
    • Ahasuerus’ Fears
    • “And It Was Found Written”
    • The Earthly Writing and the Celestial Writing
    • Not Because They Love Mordecai
    • “For Himself”
    • Haman Honors Mordecai
    • A Handful of Barley Flour
    • Haman Attends Mordecai
    • Mordecai Mounts the Horse
    • Haman’s Daughter
    • To His Sackcloth and Fasting
    • Haman’s Mourning
    • Wise Men
    • Benjamin, Ephraim or Manasseh
    • Two Fallings
    • In Haste
    • Not Worth the King’s Damage
    • “Said” and “Said”
    • “This Wicked Haman”
    • Arising and Returning
    • Angels in the Garden
    • Falling upon the Bed
    • “Will He Force the Queen?”
    • The Wicked Harbona
    • Two Pacifications
    • Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter Fourteen: Joseph and His Brothers
    • 1. Five Royal Garments
    • 2. Benjamin’s Necks
    • 3. “It Is My Mouth That Speaketh Unto You”
    • 4. Mouth and Heart
    • 5. “The Good Things of Egypt”
    • 6. When the Fox Has His Day
    • 7. Speaking to the Heart
    • Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 15: Purim
    • “Light and Gladness”
    • In a Single Breath
    • Like a Pole
    • A Slap on the Mouth
    • “With Letters”
    • “Words of Peace and Truth”
    • Fasting and Crying
    • Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter Sixteen: Great is the Study of Torah
    • Most of His Brethren
    • Greater Than the Saving of Lives
    • Greater than Honoring One’s Father and Mother
    • The Years of Ishmael
    • The Fourteen Lost Years
    • Jacob in Succoth and Beth-el
    • Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter Seventeen: The Babylonian Esther Midrash: An Overview
    • Literary Structure
      • General Structure
      • Digressions
    • The Esther-Midrash as Literature: Hermeneutics and Homiletics
      • Disregard for Literary Forms
      • Complexity and Calculations
      • Proems
      • “Messianic Perorations”
      • Redactional Omissions and Misunderstandings
      • References to Current Issues
    • Comparative Perspectives
      • Other Midrashim on Esther
      • The Centrality of Seder ‘Olam
      • Intra-Talmudic Citation: The Role of the Anonymous Talmud
    • Narrative and Exegetical Themes
      • Ahasuerus, Vashti and the Fate of the Temple
      • Mordecai
      • Esther
      • Haman
      • The Jews
      • Halakhah in Aggadah
      • Localizing the Story: Babylonian vs. Palestinian Elements
      • Literary and Exegetical Methods
    • Images of Women in the Esther-Midrash
  • Bibliography
  • Index
    • Sources
    • Talmudic Rabbis
    • Biblical Figures
    • Authors and Titles
    • Subjects

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