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Document Details : Title: Reading Esther in the Levantine Literary Tradition Author(s): SCRENOCK, John Journal: Biblica Volume: 100 Issue: 3 Date: 2019 Pages: 321-338 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.100.3.3286870 Abstract : Esther shares a number of features with the Baal cycle, 1 Samuel 25, 2 Samuel 14, and 1 Kings 1-2. The similarities between these texts are not necessarily the result of direct literary influence or intentional allusion. I argue that these similarities instead stem from a common Levantine literary tradition. All five texts make use of a literary element I term the female intermediary plot-type. Moreover, the Baal cycle, 1 Kings 1-2, and Esther also make use of a particular struggle for power plot-type. |
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