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Book Description
- Title:
- A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Esther
- Author:
- Lewis Bayles Paton [1864-1932]
- Publication Year:
- 1908
- Location:
- Edinburgh
- Publisher:
- T & T Clark
- Pages:
- 339
- Subjects:
- Hebrews, Commentary, New Testament
- Copyright Holder:
- Public domain
Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction to the Book of Esther
- Place in the Hebrew World
- Place in the Greek Version
- MSS. with Tiberian Vocalisation
- The Printed Editions
- The Massora
- Citations in Jewish Commentaries
- MSS. with Babylonian
- The Syriac Peshitto
- The First Targum
- The Second Targum
- The Latin Version of Jerome
- Citations in the Talmud
- The Greek Version
- The Unrevised Greek Text
- The Recension of Origen
- The Recension of Hesychius
- The Recension of Lucian
- Josephus
- The Old Latin Version
- Origin of the Additions in Greek
- Outline of the Book
- Identity of Ahasuerus
- Purpose of the Book
- Independence of 920-102
- Age of the Book
- Authorship
- Historical Character
- Origin of the Feast of Purim
- Omission of the Name of God
- Moral Teaching of the Book
- Estimate of the Church
- Earliest Jewish Exegesis
- Earliest Christian Exegesis
- The Targums and Midrashes
- Other Mediæval Jewish Commentaries
- Mediæval Christian Interpretation
- The Reformation Period
- The Post-Reformation Period
- The Modern Critical Period
- Commentary
- Indices
- Hebrew
- Names of Authors and Books
- Subjects
- Biblical Passages