Esther in medieval garb : Jewish interpretation of the book of Esther in the Middle Ages - Walfish, Barry (1993)
Pt. I. The Work of the Exegete. 1. Jewish Sources for Exegesis. 2. Non-Jewish Sources for Exegesis. 3. Literary Concerns. 4. Theological Issues -- Pt. II. The World of the Exegete. 5. Persia through European Eyes: Geography, Architecture, Customs, and Institutions. 6. Jewish-Gentile Relations and Jewish Attitudes to Gentiles as Reflected in the Commentaries. 7. The State of the Jewish People in the Diaspora: Perceptions of Antisemitism. 8. The Royal Court. 9. The Jews and the Monarchy: The Role of Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther -- Appendix I The Exegetes of the Book of Esther: A Bio-bibliographical Survey with Textual Excursuses -- Appendix II Immanuel of Rome and Dante on the Differentiation of Languages and the Dating of Immanuel's Commentary on the Book of Esther -- Bibliography: Medieval Commentaries on the Book of Esther in Print and in Manuscript -- Index of Scriptural Citations -- Index of Manuscripts by Depository Libraries
Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 1983
Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-365) and indexes
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- History