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Commentaries

• A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Esther (Scribner, 1908) - by Lewis Bayles Paton

Esther 1

• Entre culture et théologie, une lecture d'Esther 1 - by Innocent Himbaza, Etudes Théologiques et Religieuses 2000.1

Esther 2

• Characterizing Esther from the Outset: The Contribution of the Story in Esther 2:1–20 - by Jonathan Jacobs, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 8.16 (2008)

Characterization

• Ahasuerus
  • The Role and Portrayal of the King in the Esther Narrative: A Narratological-Synchronic Reading of the Masoretic Text of the Esther Narrative - by Charles Richard Dickson, Ph.D. thesis, University of Pretoria, 1999

Food

• Abgelehnte Tischgemeinschaft in Tobit, Daniel, Ester, Judit. Ein Plädoyer für Differnzierung - by Luzia Sutter Rehmann, lectio difficilior 1/2008

History of Interpretation and Reception

• Assur is King of Persia: Illustrations of the Book of Esther in Some Nineteenth-Century Sources - by Steven W. Holloway, Journal of Religion & Society 11 (2009)

Miscellaneous Articles and Essays

• A Feminist’s Look at Esther - by Rivkah Lubitch, Judaism (Fall 1993)
• The Book of Esther: Opus non gratum in the Christian Canon - by Frederic W. Bush, Bulletin for Biblical Research 8 (1998) 39–54
• The Book of Esther and Ancient Storytelling - by Adele Berlin, Journal of Biblical Literature 120.1 (2001) 3–14
• Das Buch Esther als methodisches Problem und hermeneutische Herausforderung: eine Skizze - by Harald Martin Wahl, Biblical Interpretation 9.1 (2001) 25–40; abstract publicly viewable, full text viewable by subscribers
• Esther and The Mexican - by Guy Matalon, Journal of Religion and Film 5.1 (2001)
• Holy Disobedience in Esther - by Karol Jackowski, Theology Today 45.4 (1988)
• In Quest of the Historical Mordecai - by David J. A. Clines, published in On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays 1967–1998, Volume 1 (JSOTSup, 292; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998), pp. 436–43
• “On the third day Esther put on her queen’s robes” (Esther 5:1): The Symbolic Function of Clothing in the Book of Esther - by Jopie Siebert-Hommes, lectio difficilior (1/2002)
• Reading Esther from Left to Right Contemporary Strategies for Reading a Biblical Text - by David J. A. Clines, published in On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays 1967–1998, Volume 1 (JSOTSup, 292; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998), pp. 3–22

Textual Transmission

• Toward the Ur-Text of Esther - by Lisbeth Fried, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 88 (2000) 49–57

Theology

• If Esther Had Not Been That Beautiful: Dealing with a Hidden God in the Book of Esther - by Sabine M. L. van den Eynde, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Winter 2001)

Book Reviews

• Berlin, Adele, JPS Torah Commentary: Esther - reviewed by Scott B. Noegel, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 3 (2001)
• Brenner, Athalya, ed. Ruth and Esther: A Feminist Companion to the Bible (Second Series) (Sheffield, 1999) - reviewed by Lisa Davison, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Day, Linda, Esther (Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries; Abingdon, 2005) - reviewed by Lael O. Caesar, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (December 2006)
• Fountain, A. Kay, Literary and Empirical Readings of the Book of Esther (Lang, 2002)
  • Reviewed by Jean-Daniel Macchi, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
  • Reviewed by Dmitri Slivniak, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Jobes, Karen H., The Alpha-Text of Esther: Its Character and Relationship to the Masoretic Text
  • Reviewed by Tim McLay, Review of Biblical Literature (1998)
  • Reviewed by Tim McLay, TC 1 (1996)
• LaCocque, André, Esther Regina: A Bakhtinian Reading (Northwestern University Press, 2008) - reviewed by Mercedes García Bachmann, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Larson, Knute and Kathy Dahlen, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther (Broadman & Holman, 2005) - reviewed by Bob Becking, Review of Biblical Studies (2005)
• Levenson, Jon D., Esther (Old Testament Library) - reviewed by J. Brian Tucker, Journal of Biblical Studies 1.1 (2001)
• Van Wijk-Bos, Johanna W. H., Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther (Westminster John Knox, 1998) - reviewed by John W. Wright, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)