Description Seymour Epstein's The Esther Scroll: The Author's Tale is a bold thesis and a radically new interpretation of The Book of Esther that contends it was written neither as light comedy, nor as sacred history, nor as a romance, nor as a handbook for Jewish survival in the Diaspora.
Rather, it is a satire on Jewish life in the Diaspora.
Epstein's argument stands all previous readings of Esther on their head (Hillel Halkin, from the Preface).
About the Author Seymour Epstein is a well known and well traveled educator, whose long engagement with Jewish life has taken him from Toronto to Morocco, from the Unites States to Siberia, and Israel.
He has worked professionally for many major Jewish organization world-wide.
He is also the author of many policy documents, academic articles poetry and monthly newspaper columns.
His book From Couscous to Kasha: Reporting from the Field of Jewish Community Work was published in both English and Russian.
He lives in Toronto with his Family.
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Mosaic Press The esther scroll: the author's tale, paperback/seymour epstein
