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Esther - The Outer Narrative and the Hidden Reading (Hardcover)
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Esther - The Outer Narrative and the Hidden Reading (Hardcover)
Series: Siphrut
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Using narrative devices such as allusions and free associations,
multivalent expressions, and irony, the author of Esther wrote a
story that is about a Jewish woman, Esther, during the time of the
Persian exile of Yehudites, and the Persian king, Ahasuerus, who
was in power at the time. At various junctures, the author also
used secret writing, or we could say that he conveys mixed
messages: one is a surface message, but another, often conflicting
message lies beneath the surface. For instance, the outer portrayal
of the king as one of the main protagonists is an ironic strategy
used by the author to highlight the king's impotent, indecisive,
"antihero" status. He may wield authority-as symbolized by his
twice-delegated signet ring-but he remains powerless. Among all the
concealments in the story, the concealment of God stands out as the
most prominent and influential example. A growing number of
scholars regard the book of Esther as a "comic diversion," the
function and intention of which are to entertain the reader.
However, Grossman is more convinced by Mikhail Bakhtin's approach,
and he labels his application of this approach to the reading of
Esther as "theological carnivalesque." Bakhtin viewed the carnival
(or the carnivalesque genre) as a challenge by the masses to the
governing establishment and to accepted social conventions. He
described the carnival as an eruption of ever-present but
suppressed popular sentiments. The connection between the story of
Esther and Bakhtin's characterization of the carnivalesque in
narrative is evident especially in the book of Esther's use of the
motifs of "reversal" and "transformation." For example, the young
girl Esther is transformed from an exiled Jewess into a queen in
one of the turnabouts that characterize the narrative. Many more
examples are provided in this analysis of one of the Bible's most
fascinating books.
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