dc.contributor.author |
Quayesi-Amakye, J. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2019-06-12T10:31:50Z |
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dc.date.available |
2019-06-12T10:31:50Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2017 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
08555-7942 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/30706 |
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dc.description |
Journal Article |
en_US |
dc.description.abstract |
Like most other Bible narratives, the Book of Esther may be read
without much attention given to the evaporating humanness of the Jewish
actors. The traditional view has been to treat the outcome of the tension between
‘bad’ Haman and ‘good’ Mordecai as divine fiat in favor of the Jews.
How much ethical issues are embedded in the story has not been plausibly
decoded through the centuries. By means of deconstruction, this paper engages
the text critically to uncover the embezzled, hidden ‘other’ in it. Consequently,
it brings out several critical ignored spots in the narrative that are
necessary for sociopolitical consideration in a world beset with suspicions,
religious and ethnic/racial mistrust and hatred. |
en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship |
Carnegie Corporation of New York through the University of Ghana Building the
Next Generation of Academics in Africa (BANGA-Africa) Project |
en_US |
dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
Department for the Study of Religions, University of
Ghana |
en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Vol. 7;1 |
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dc.subject |
Religion |
en_US |
dc.subject |
otherness |
en_US |
dc.subject |
socio-political |
en_US |
dc.subject |
ethical conflict |
en_US |
dc.subject |
ethnicity |
en_US |
dc.subject |
injustice |
en_US |
dc.subject |
racism |
en_US |
dc.title |
“In the Citadel of Susa Was a Jewish ‘Troublemaker’”: A Socio-political Reading of Esther 3 and 4 |
en_US |
dc.type |
Article |
en_US |