This comprehensive history, the first to appear in English, gives a vivid portrayal of the Book of Esther's role in the intellectual and cultural life of Jews in the Middle Ages. Much of the study is based on material that exists only in manuscripts, and it introduces many exegetes hitherto unknown or unstudied.
| ISBN: | 9780791410400 |
| Publication date: | 28th September 1993 |
| Author: | Barry Dov Walfish |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 400 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history |