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The Samaritan Esther
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This chapter focuses on a Samaritan version of Esther, in which the story is rewritten to bring it in line with the Samaritan perspective on history. The author of this Arabic text replaces the Jews in Esther with Samaritans, while portraying the evil vizier as a Jew. The ways in which the author has adapted Esther for his purposes bring to mind the acculturation of the story within Islamic historiography (as described earlier in the book). Additionally, based on our analysis of the “plot of the eunuchs” in this Samaritan text, it is argued that its author used a rendition of Esther that was based on the Septuagint’s version of the story.
Title: The Samaritan Esther
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This chapter focuses on a Samaritan version of Esther, in which the story is rewritten to bring it in line with the Samaritan perspective on history.
The author of this Arabic text replaces the Jews in Esther with Samaritans, while portraying the evil vizier as a Jew.
The ways in which the author has adapted Esther for his purposes bring to mind the acculturation of the story within Islamic historiography (as described earlier in the book).
Additionally, based on our analysis of the “plot of the eunuchs” in this Samaritan text, it is argued that its author used a rendition of Esther that was based on the Septuagint’s version of the story.
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