Reading the Megillot: A Literary and Theological Commentary

"Five intriguing and quite different compositions are gathered together in the Hebrew Bible under the name Megillot, the Hebrew word for "scrolls." They are the Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther. Ever since the scrolls of the Megillot came into existence, they have been interpreted in a myriad of ways. Mathews approaches them via the lens of Biblical Performance Criticism"--