God and politics in Esther / Yoram Hazony.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hazony, Yoram, author.

Standardized Title:

Dawn. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Esther, Queen of Persia.

Esther.

Bible. Esther--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--History of Biblical events.

Politics in the Bible.

Jews--Politics and government--To 70 A.D.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

<I>God & Politics in Esther</I>

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A political crisis erupts when the Persian government falls to fanatics, and a Jewish insider goes rogue, determined to save her people at all costs. God and Politics in Esther explores politics and faith. It is about an era in which the prophets have been silenced and miracles have ceased, and Jewish politics has come to depend not on commands from on high, but on the boldness and belief of each woman and man. Esther takes radical action to win friends and allies, reverse terrifying decrees, and bring God's justice into the world with her own hands. Hazony's The Dawn has long been a cult classic, read at Purim each year the world over. Twenty years on, this revised edition brings the book to much wider attention. Three controversial new chapters address the astonishingly radical theology that emerges from amid the political intrigues of the book.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Endorsement; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I Esther 1.1-1.22; Part II Esther 2.1-2.23; Part III Esther 3.1-3.15; Part IV Esther 4.1-4.17; Part V Esther 5.1-5.14; Part VI Esther 6.1-8.2; Part VII Esther 8.3-8.17; Part VIII Esther 9.1-9.16; Part IX Esther 9.17-10.3; Afterwords; Notes; Index of Names; Scriptural and Rabbinic References; The Hebrew Esther Text ; 1 Submission and Rule; 2 Political Favor; 3 The Enemy; 4 The King's Men; 5 Idolatry; 6 Disobedience; 7 Joseph; 8 Amalek; 9 Anti-Semitism; 10 Pressure

11 Court Jew12 The Decision; 13 The Plan; 14 Reaction; 15 Power Shift; 16 Downfall; 17 Allies; 18 The Last Appeal; 19 Political Power; 20 The Jews' War; 21 The Morality of the War; 22 The Festival; 23 Politics and Faith; 24 A Missile over Tel Aviv; 25 God and Emergence; 26 God Casts No Shadow; Introduction; 1. Submission and Rule; 2. Political Favor; 3. The Enemy; 4. The King's Men; 5. Idolatry; 6. Disobedience; 7. Joseph; 8. Amalek; 9. Anti-Semitism; 10. Pressure; 11. Court Jew; 12. The Decision; 13. The Plan; 14. Reaction; 15. Power Shift; 16. Downfall; 17. Allies; 18. The Last Appeal

19. Political Power20. The Jews' War; 21. The Morality of War; 22. The Festival; 23. Politics and Faith; 24. A Missile over Tel Aviv; 25. God and Emergence; 26. God Casts No Shadow

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2016).

Contains:

Bible. Esther. English. Hazony. 2016.

Bible. Esther. Hebrew. 2016.

Other Edition:

Revision of: Hazony, Yoram. Jerusalem : Shalem Press, 2000, c1995 (xv, 312 pages ; 24 cm.)

ISBN:

1-316-49054-8

1-316-49076-9

1-316-49098-X

1-316-49120-X

1-316-49208-7

1-316-44977-7