- 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.
- Jewish Leaders: Esther - http://judaism.about.com/library/glossary/bldef-p_esther.htm
Profile of the Jewish Queen of Persia and her importance to Judaism.
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Esther - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05549a.htm
Commentary on the Biblical heroine from the traditional Catholic perspective.
- Esther - http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther
Essay about the life of the Persian Jewish queen.
- Esther - http://www.execulink.com/~wblank/estherb.htm
Biblical biography of the Jewish queen.
- The Book of Esther - http://home1.gte.net/deleyd/religion/esther.html
Discussion of the allegorical Jewish queen.
- 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.
- 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.
- Esther, Not Judith - http://www.ot-studies.com/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.
- Esther and Our Times - http://www.heraldmag.org/99so_9.htm
A Christian examination of the life of the Jewish queen.
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