%0 Journal Article
%T Esther: Subverting the ˇ°Capable Wifeˇ±
%A David J. Zucker
%J Biblical Theology Bulletin
%@ 1945-7596
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0146107918801510
%X In this article I suggest that an additional reading of the book of Esther sees that work as a subversive sequel to the Capable Wife lauded in Proverbs 31:10¨C31. Through a comparison of words taken from each of the Proverbs verses, I explain how the redacted version of Esther mines and undermines the earlier work, subtly making fun of such an idealized figure
%K 10¨C31
%K mine/undermine
%K subversive sequel
%K overlapping words
%K irony
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0146107918801510