Esther in early modern Iberia and the Sephardic diaspora : queen of the conversas / Emily Colbert Cairns.

"This book explores Queen Esther as an idealized woman in Iberia, as well as a Jewish heroine for conversos in the Sephardic Diaspora in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The biblical Esther --the Jewish woman who marries the King of Persia and saves her people -- was contested in the culture...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cairns, Emily Colbert (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects:
Esther, > Queen of Persia.
Bible. > Esther > Biography.
Bible. > Esther.
Women in the Bible > Biography.
Women in the Bible.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xi, 189 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Format: Manuscript Book

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