Esther in Diaspora - Toward an Alternative Interpretive Framework

In Esther in Diaspora, Tsaurayi Kudakwashe Mapfeka utilises a theory-nuanced concept of diaspora to offer a new way of reading Esther, in the process, critiquing the traditional view that has relied on its close association with Purim.

About the author

Tsaurayi Kudakwashe Mapfeka, Ph.D. (2017), King's College London, is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is working on several forthcoming articles and book chapter contributions and has already published Empire and Identity Secrecy: A Postcolonial Reflection on Esther 2:10 (2018).

Product details

• Authors: Tsaurayi Kudakwashe Mapfeka
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2019
• EAN: 9789004406551
• ISBN: 978-90-04-40655-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Series: Biblical Interpretation
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations