@StuartWeeks8 On reception, point her to Jo Carruthers, Esther Through the Centuries (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2008). Also very good is Barry Walfish, Esther in Medieval Garb: Jewish Interpretation of the Book of Esther in the Middle Ages (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993)
@evandeneykel I am partial to the @nyttypos account because the country's "paper of record" has the money to pay for good copyediting but dismantled the copy desk in 2017. Cybershaming students, though, is BS.
@blind_scholar Keener has an excursus on disability, poverty, and begging in his Acts commentary (vol 2, pp1050ff). Includes a wealth of refs to classical sources you could check out
I just discovered that the ebook of my book is out early and already available for purchase and download! (hardcopy still coming out Aug. 9). I love coming out of Shabbat to excitingly positive news. https://t.co/kzZqW8Qtby