SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Religious Texts: Book of Esther

»The Book of Esther (Hebrew: מְגִלַּת אֶסְתֵּר, romanized: Megillat Ester; Greek: Ἐσθήρ; Latin: Liber Esther), also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll" ("the Megillah"), is a book in the third section (Ketuvim, כְּתוּבִים "Writings") of the Hebrew Bible. It is one of the Five Scrolls (Megillot) in the Hebrew Bible and later became part of the Christian Old Testament. The book relates the story of a Jewish woman in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther, who becomes queen of Persia and thwarts a genocide of her people.« -- More information: Wikipedia

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[Info] Kebaneilwe, Mmapula D. The Bible and Gender-Based Violence in Botswana. London 2024.

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[Info] Dunbar, Ericka. »Vulnerable Bodies & Vulnerable Geographies.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. San Diego 2019.

[Info] Lightman, Sarah. »MEGILLAT Esther Levy in Miriam Katin’s WE ARE ON OUR OWN.« 50^th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies. Boston 2018.

[Info] , Audrey M. »Exploring Female Sexual Subjectivity: The Role of Consent in Modern Rape Law and the Book of Esther.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Boston 2017.

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I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Israelite History | II. Geograpical Index: - III. Topical Index: -

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Nadar, Sarojini. »"Texts of Terror" disguised as the "Word of God": The Case of Esther 2:1-18 and the Conspiracy of Rape in the Bible.« Journal of Constructive Theology 10 (2004): 59-79.

[Info] Nadar, Sarojini. »"Texts of Terror". The Conspiracy of Rape in the Bible, Church and Society: The Case of Esther 2:1-18« African Women, Religion and Health: Essays in Honor of Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye. Edited by Isabel A. Phiri et al. Maryknoll 2006: 77-95.

[Info] Smith-Christopher, Daniel L. »Sleeping with the Enemy? Reading Esther and Judith as Comfort Women.« Women and Exilic Identity in the Hebrew Bible. Edited by Katherine E. Southwood et al. London 2018: 99-127.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Hearing, Maria. »Dangerous Beauty: Signals of Sexual Exploitation in Esther 2.« Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Denver 2022.