TY - BOOK AU - Brenner,Athalya TI - A feminist companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna SN - 0567084795 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BS580.E8 F46 2004 U1 - 222/.90682 22 PY - 2004/// CY - London, New York PB - T&T Clark International KW - Esther, KW - Judith KW - Susanna KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Feminist criticism KW - Women in the Bible KW - Bible. Criticism, Esther.-- Bible. Criticism, History of Susanna.-- Bible. Criticism, Judith N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-336); Esther : folklore, wisdom, feminism, and authority / Susan Niditch -- An oriental beauty parlour : an analysis of Esther 2.8-18 in the Hebrew, the Septuagint and the second Greek text / Kristin De Troyer -- Looking at Esther through the looking glass / Athalya Brenner -- Mirror, mirror in the text : reflections on reading and rereading / Alice Bach -- Tracing Esther's beginnings / Timothy K. Beal -- Esther : the incomplete emancipation of a queen / Bea Wyler -- Esther and the queen's throne / Zefira Gitay -- Honor and shame in Esther / Lillian R. Klein -- Esther revisited : an aggadic approach / Leila Leah Bronner -- Esther's story / ER -