Esther (Subscribe)
Links
The Essence of Esther
http://www.torah.org/learning/women/class23.html
Character study of the Biblical queen as a metaphor for Judaism in exile.
The Apocryphal Book of Esther
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=484&letter=E
Later Jewish writings about the story of Esther intended to supply the missing faith elements from the original Megillah.
Queen Esther: The Merit of Things Hidden
http://www.torah.org/learning/women/class57.html
Essay about the Jewish ideals of femininity embodied in the biblical heroine.
Megillat Esther
http://www.vbm-torah.org/purim/pur-es.htm
Analysis of the Book of Esther, with cultural explanations of the satire and some of the queen's odd-seeming behavior.
Esther, Not Judith
http://fontes.lstc.edu/~rklein/Documents/esther.htm
Critical analysis of the Jewish heroines and the reasons Esther is the more popular of the two.
Esther
http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p150.htm
Profile of the Jewish queen from a joint Lutheran and Catholic bible study project.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Esther
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05549a.htm
Commentary on the Biblical heroine from the traditional Catholic perspective.