List of Tables List of Contributors Preface List of Abbreviations Under the Intertextual Umbrella: An Introduction, David G. Firth (Trinity College Bristol, UK), Brittany N. Melton (Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA) and Heath A. Thomas (Oklahoma Baptist University, USA) Part One: Esther in Dialogue with the Torah 1. Foreign Ambivalence in the Scroll: Reading Esthers Court alongside Joseph and Daniel, Gabriel Hornung (Trinity College, CT, USA) 2. The Book of Esther: Exodus, Passover, and Food Laws, Gordon McConville (University of Gloucestershire, UK) Part Two: Esther in Dialogue with the Former Prophets 3. Esther and Joshua: Negotiating Identity In and Out of the Land, David G. Firth (Trinity College Bristol, UK) 4. Eyes, Hearts and Doing 'What Seems Good': Reading Judges and Esther Side by Side, Isabelle Hamley (Lambeth Palace / Kings College London, UK) 5. Overturning Sovereignty: Esther in Dialogue with the Book of Samuel, Rachelle Gilmour (Trinity College Melbourne, Australia) Part Three: Esther in Dialogue with the Latter Prophets 6. At the Table: Banquets in Esther and Isaiah in Intertextual Conversation, Andrew Abernethy (Wheaton College, USA) 7. The Fruit of Mourning: Esther Enriched by the Latter Prophets, Heath A. Thomas (Oklahoma Baptist University, USA) Part Four: Esther in Dialogue with the Writings 8. In a World Without God: Reading Esther alongside Psalms, David G. Firth (Trinity College Bristol, UK) and Brittany N. Melton (Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA) 9. Reading Esther With Proverbs: Complexifying Character, Theme, and Ideology, Susanna R. Millar (University of Edinburgh, UK) Part Five: Esther in Dialogue Beyond the Hebrew Bible 10. Trauma, Purity, and Danger in the LXX Prayers of Esther and Judith, Helen Efthimiadis-Keith (Keith-van Wyk) (University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa) 11. Esther in Dialogue with the Qumran Community, Seulgi Byun (Grove City College, USA) 12. Reading Josephus Reading Esther, Paul Spilsbury (Regent College, Canada) 13. Esther in Dialogue with Mark: Power, Vulnerability, And Kingship Kara Lyons-Pardue (Point Loma Nazarene University, USA) 14. Reading Esther in Dialogue with the Rabbis, Jonathan Grossman (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) 15. Human Nature and Politics: A Modern Political- Theoretical Reading of Esther, Kyong-Jin Lee (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA) 17. Reading Esther Intertextually After the Shoah, Marvin A. Sweeney (Claremont School of Theology, USA) Bibliography Index
