Esther in Medieval Garb: Jewish Interpretation of the Book of Esther in the Middle Ages Book

	Acknowledgments
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	The Work of the Exegete
1	Jewish Sources for Exegesis	13
2	Non-Jewish Sources for Exegesis	45
3	Literary Concerns	63
4	Theological Issues	75
Pt. II	The World of the Exegete
5	Persia through European Eyes: Geography, Architecture, Customs, and Institutions	97
6	Jewish-Gentile Relations and Jewish Attitudes to Gentiles as Reflected in the Commentaries	121
7	The State of the Jewish People in the Diaspora: Perceptions of Antisemitism	143
8	The Royal Court	157
9	The Jews and the Monarchy: The Role of Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther	183
	Concluding Remarks	201
	Appendix I The Exegetes of the Book of Esther: A Bio-bibliographical Survey with Textual Excursuses	205
	Appendix II Immanuel of Rome and Dante on the Differentiation of Languages and the Dating of Immanuel's Commentary on the Book of Esther	231
	Notes	235
	Bibliography: Medieval Commentaries on the Book of Esther in Print and in Manuscript	307
	Other Primary Sources	329
	Secondary Sources	338
	Author and Title Index	367
	Subject Index	373
	Index of Scriptural Citations	378
	Index of Manuscripts by Depository Libraries	383