Esther and the End of 'Final Solutions': Theodicy and the Hebrew Biblical Text (ATF Dissertation) - Softcover

Treloar, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1920691863 ISBN 13: 9781920691868

Publisher: ATF Press, 2008

Synopsis

How do stories reflect and inform human experience of the world? This doctoral thesis investigates the relationship between Hebrew biblical narrative and the theological problem of theodicy. In the narrative-critical reading offered here, the Esther narrative and its post-Holocaust and rabbinic retellings can be seen as examples of survival literature, around which identity is forged as a matter of ethno-cultural life and death.

Treloar argues that Esther is a maverick voice – a ‘private transcript’ hidden within the more ‘public transcripts’ of the canon of Scripture, biblical theology, and rabbinic exegesis. Narrative criticism is presented as a means by which such voices might be better heard, and the violent reductionism of ‘final solutions’ averted.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Treloar is a priest in the Anglican Church of Australia, currently serving as Vicar of Christ Church, South Yarra, in the city of Melbourne. Prior to this appointment he was Chaplain of Trinity College, the University of Melbourne, teaching theology in the ecumenical consortium, the Melbourne College of Divinity, of which he continues to be an Honorary Research Associate. His PhD thesis was awarded by Monash University in 2003. Richard’s research in the field of biblical hermeneutics has been published in both Australian and international refereed journals and edited volumes. He represents the Anglican and Uniting Churches of Australia on the World Council of Churches Faith and Order Standing Commission.

About this edition

• Publisher: ATF Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1920691863
• ISBN 13: 9781920691868
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 380