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La véritable histoire passionnante de la reine Esther et comment elle a évité le meurtre de son peuple par les Perses à Babylone.

Comic books, strips, etc. --- Purim --- Purim --- Esther, - Queen of Persia --- Esther, - Queen of Persia

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Esther, --- Themistocles, --- Esther, - Queen of Persia - Drama --- Themistocles, - approximately 524 BC-approximately 459 BC - Drama --- Esther, - Queen of Persia --- Themistocles, - approximately 524 BC-approximately 459 BC

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Women in the Bible. --- Esther, - Queen of Persia. --- Judith - (Jewish heroine) --- Susanna - (Biblical figure)

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This book examines the iconography of Judith, Esther, and the Shulamite in the last decades of the nineteenth and the first two decades of the twentieth century in the works of the Polish-Jewish artists. Although recently more studies have been devoted to the representations of Biblical heroines in modern European art, less is known about the contribution to the portrayals of Biblical women by modern Jewish artists. This monograph explores why and how heroines of the Scripture: Judith, Esther and the Shulamite received a particular meaning for acculturated Jewish artists originating from the Polish lands in the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth century. It convincingly proves that artworks by Maurycy Gottlieb, Wilhem Wachtel, Ephraim Moses Lilien, Maurycy Minkowski, Samuel Hirszenberg and Boris Schatz significantly differed from renderings of contemporary non-Jewish artists, adopting a "Jewish perspective", creating complex and psychological portrayals of the heroines inspired by Jewish literature and as well as by historical and cultural phenomena of Jewish revival and the cultural Zionism movement.

Art History --- Bible. Old Testament --- Women in art --- Women in the Bible --- Illustrations --- Judith (Biblical figure) --- Shulamite (Biblical figure) --- Esther, Queen of Persia --- Art. --- Art. --- Art.

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The book of Esther was a conscious reaction to much of the conventional wisdom of its day, challenging beliefs regarding the Jerusalem Temple, the land of Israel, Jewish law, and even God. Aaron Koller identifies Esther as primarily a political work, and shows that early reactions ranged from ignoring the book to 'rewriting' Esther in order to correct its perceived flaws. But few biblical books have been read in such different ways, and the vast quantity of Esther-interpretation in rabbinic literature indicates a conscious effort by the Rabbis to present Esther as a story of faith and traditionalism, and bring it into the fold of the grand biblical narrative. Koller situates Esther, and its many interpretations, within the intellectual and political contexts of Ancient Judaism, and discusses its controversial themes. His innovative line of enquiry will be of great interest to students and scholars of Bible and Jewish studies.

Rabbinical literature --- History and criticism. --- Esther, --- Ester, --- Esther --- Hadassah, --- אסתר --- אסתר, --- Istir, --- Bible. --- Ester (Book of the Old Testament) --- Esther (Book of the Old Testament) --- Megilat Aḥashṿerosh --- Megilat Ester --- מגילת אסתר --- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish. --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion --- Rabbinical literature - History and criticism. --- Esther, - Queen of Persia.