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Abstract
Viewing the Biblical book of Esther’s Queen Vashti, chiefly through two lenses, traditional rabbinic commentaries, and how some contemporary authors, primarily poets writing in English, Vashti is seen as someone victimized, someone vilified, but also a woman to be venerated.
Keywords:
- Book of Esther,
- Queen Vashti,
- Vashti poetry,
- Vashti midrash
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(Rabbi) David J. Zucker, PhD is an independent scholar, in Aurora, Colorado. www.davidjzucker.org. He publishes regularly in the areas of Bible, chaplaincy, and American Jewish literature. His latest book is American Rabbis: Facts and Fiction, 2nd Ed., (Wipf & Stock),
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