Acknowledgments | |
Abbreviations | |
Introduction | |
The Work of the Exegete | |
Jewish Sources for Exegesis | |
Non-Jewish Sources for Exegesis | |
Literary Concerns | |
Theological Issues | |
The World of the Exegete | |
Persia through European Eyes: Geography, Architecture, Customs, and Institutions | |
Jewish-Gentile Relations and Jewish Attitudes to Gentiles as Reflected in the Commentaries | |
The State of the Jewish People in the Diaspora: Perceptions of Antisemitism | |
The Royal Court | |
The Jews and the Monarchy: The Role of Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther | |
Concluding Remarks | |
The Exegetes of the Book of Esther: A Bio-bibliographical Survey with Textual Excursuses | |
Immanuel of Rome and Dante on the Differentiation of Languages and the Dating of Immanuel's Commentary on the Book of Esther | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Medieval Commentaries on the Book of Esther in Print and in Manuscript | |
Other Primary Sources | |
Secondary Sources | |
Author and Title Index | |
Subject Index | |
Index of Scripture Citations | |
Index of Manuscripts by Depository Libraries | |
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