Adam J. Silverstein ( Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History

Gebundenes Buch

Veiling Esther, Unveiling Her Story

The Reception of a Biblical Book in Islamic Lands

Beschreibung

This book examines the ways in which the Biblical Book of Esther was read, understood, and used in Muslim lands, from ancient to modern times. It features case-studies covering works from various periods and regions of the Muslim world.

Autor

Adam J. Silverstein is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History at Bar Ilan University. He held a British Academy post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Cambridge, before taking up lectureships in Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford, where he was also a Fellow of Queen's College. Subsequently, Professor Silverstein was Reader in Abrahamic Religions at King's College London. His publications include The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions (2015) and Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction (2010). He is also the series editor for The Oxford Studies in the Abrahamic Religions with Guy G. Stroumsa.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Studies in the Abrahamic Religions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 444g
• ISBN-13: 9780198797227
• ISBN-10: 0198797222
• Artikelnr.: 54470522