Gender, Genocide, Gaza and the Book of Esther - Engaging Texts of Terror(ism)

This book bridges the gap between gendered and geopolitical analyses by interrogating both the sexual and ethnic violence embedded in the Book of Esther, and invites interpreters to consider the larger frameworks of ethnicity and racialization within which hermeneutics of sexual violence take place.

List of contents

1. The Journey from Texts of Terror to (Con)Texts of Terrorism 2. Sacred Economies of Violence and Interpretive Communities 3. Vashti: Patriarchy, Politics and Power 4. 'Like A Virgin': Invisiblised, Invalidated, and Erased 5. Esther and Mordecai: 'Pretty Privilege' and Power - Gendered Theological Necropolitics 6. Esther and Haman: The Amalekite Trope - Blurring Boundaries of Self-Defence and Aggression 7. Conclusion

About the author

Sarojini Nadar is Desmond Tutu South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Religion and Social Justice, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. The chair is bilaterally funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Lund Mission Society (LMS) under grant number: 118854. Opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed are the author's own. This monograph was made possible through research sabbatical fellowships at Wesley House, Cambridge; University of Bamberg and the Polin Institute for Theological Research at Åbo Akademi University.

Product details

• Authors: Sarojini Nadar, Nadar Sarojini
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032895499
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3289549-9
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Bible Study Guides, RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Christianity, Religion & politics, Religion and Politics, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Old Testaments