Communicating Esther - The Diffusion and Reception of a Biblical Dream

Communicating Esther presents a communications approach to the second-most written about book of the Bible, the book of Esther, and the ritual that it anchors, the Jewish carnival of Purim. This book will appeal to all researchers of communication and religion, communication and the Bible, and communication and Judaism.

Sommario

Introduction Part I: Texting a Ritual 1. Empire and Communication 2. Diaspora and Communication 3. Scripting Drama 4. Canonizing Esther Part II: Ritualizing a Text 5. Regulating a Bookish Carnival 6. The Reception of Purim 7. Framing Holidays 8. Afterthoughts: Purim in Time and Space

Info autore

Elihu Katz (1926-2021), was one of the founding fathers of communication as a discipline. After graduating from Columbia University and teaching at the University of Chicago he immigrated to Israel, established communication studies in the country, and also served as the founding director of Israeli Television. After retiring from the Hebrew University and USC he was for many years the Sterling Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.
Menahem Blondheim is the Karl and Matilda Newhouse Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication and the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Currently serving as the Dean of the School of Media Studies at Israel's College of Management, his research fields include the history of communication, particularly in the American and the Jewish experience, and media technologies, old and new.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Blondheim Menahem, Katz Elihu
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032322377
• ISBN: 978-1-032-32237-7
• Pagine: 140
• Peso: 453 g
• Illustrazioni: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Serie: Routledge Research in Religion, Media and Culture
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; RELIGION / General, Religion: general, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / General, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Old Testaments