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The Dawn: Political Teachings of the Book of Esther
by Yoram Hazony
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Features
Hardcover: 312 pages
Publisher: Shalem Press; Rev. Ed edition February 22, 2000
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9657052068
ISBN-13: 978-9657052068
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
" reads the Book of Esther as it has never been read before Beautifully written, brilliantly reasoned, The Dawn is a mind-opener."
Calev Ben David, Jerusalem Post
"A thoughtful, provocative, gracefully written, assiduously researched and elegantly argued piece of work worthwhile and stimulating."
Reader Reviews
A foe and an enemy, that wicked, wicked Haman. Esther 7:6 "All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that there is but one law for anyone who comes to the king in the inner court without being summoned: that he be put to death, except if the king extends to him the gold scepter that he may live." Esther 4:11 In this book, Haman tries to take the Eichmann approach and have all the jews killed in Persia. Due to behind the scenes planning by Queen Esther and her uncle Mordecai, the jews are saved and even are victorious over their enemies. I love this book. Forget Veggie Tales. This book is the one to read about Queen Esther. To make the book even more kosher, the entire Book of Esther is written in Hebrew and is located in the back of the book. It is read in its entirety, every Purim, usually in March, (all jewish holidays are set based on the lunar calendar). People bring noise makers, the kind you find at children's birthday parties, and dress in costumes, kind of like Halloween but sans gore. I've been several times to a local synagogue in my neighborhood; it's now become my favorite holiday. There's nothing like it. Whenever Haman's name is mentioned, everyone makes so much noise with their noise makers, you can't hear his name. What happened in the palaces in Persia, was a miracle according to the rabbis. That was the take home message of Yoram Hazony and was new thinking to me. What's great about this book is how Hazony recreates the Palace atmosphere in Susa, analyzing the dynamics of the principal characters' psyches and relationships in this book. Of course, one can't avoid the subject of anti-semitism in discussing this true story, a very ancient movement which probably dates to Genesis 3:15 when the Messiah is first mentioned in the bible. For christians, I've been taught that this book had almost been removed from the canon because G-d's name is never mentioned among other reasons. Also, Queen Esther is not in direct line of ancestry to Jesus, and was a jew who never returned to Eretz Israel, remaining in the diaspora (lands other than Eretz Israel). I'm so glad the church fathers kept it. There are many, many lessons to learn from this story which Hazony thoroughly covers. I tell you, this book's a keeper! I love this book! The climax of the story occurs in the biblical account in Esther 4:15 which Hazony covers in the chapter "The Decision". As Hazony explains, Esther has always been obedient never asking for more, never asking for special treatment, but at the news that Haman was going to order all the jews killed, some sort of switch is flipped in her character. "It is when she understands that such a choice is before her that the greatness of the queen is revealed...'Go assemble all the Jews present in Susa and fast for me. Do not eat nor drink for three days, night and day, and I and my maids will fast as well. Then I will go in to the king, though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.'" Esther 4:16-17. I got this title for the review from an artifact that I read about in my local newspaper. A young student at Bar-Ilan University in Jerusalem dug through some rubble tossed out of the temple mount which was left at a dump site. The only article I can remember from all his finds is a coin with this inscription which to me expresses the jews' heartfelt messianic hopes of redemption and victory.
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The Dawn: Political Teachings of the Book of Esther
by Yoram Hazony
Available from Amazon
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