Editing Esther (section)

==Further reading==
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*{{Cite journal | title = Has 'Esther' been found at Qumran? 4QProto-Esther and the 'Esther' corpus
 | last = Crawford | first = Sidnie White
 | author-link = Sidnie White Crawford
 | journal = Revue de Qumrân
 | date = November 1996 | volume = 17 | issue = 1/4 | pages = 307–325
 | jstor = 24610146|ref=none
}}
*{{Cite book
 | title = Esther's Revenge at Susa: From Sennacherib to Ahasuerus
 | last = Dalley
 | first = Stephanie
 | author-link = Stephanie Dalley
 | year = 2007
 | publisher = Oxford University Press
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=G5gSDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA221
 | isbn = 978-0-199-21663-5|ref=none
 }}
*{{cite book| first=David M. Jr. |last= Howard |title=An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books|publisher= [[Moody Publishers]]|date= 2007 |isbn=978-1-575-67447-6|ref=none}}
*{{Cite book
 | chapter = Appendix 1: Afro-Asiatic
 | last = Huehnergard
 | first = John
 | year = 2008
 | author-link = John Huehnergard
 | title = The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia
 | editor-last = Woodard
 | editor-first = Roger D.
 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
 | url = https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/ancient-languages-of-syriapalestine-and-arabia/afroasiatic/52090A4EA262B5236AC49C5E34B5A332
 | pages = 225–246
 | isbn = 978-1-13946934-0|ref=none
 }}
*{{Cite book
 | title = Esther in Ancient Jewish Thought
 | last = Koller
 | first = Aaron
 | year = 2014
 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=L6z0BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA38
 | isbn = 978-1-107-72980-3|ref=none
 }}
*{{Cite book| title = Women of the Old Testament
 | last = Kuyper | first = Abraham
 | author-link = Abraham Kuyper
 | publisher = [[Zondervan]]
 | year=2010 | pages = 175–176
 | isbn = 978-0-31086487-5|ref=none
}}
*{{Cite book
 | chapter = Esther
 | last = Leith
 | first = Mary Joan Winn
 | year = 2011
 | title = The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
 | editor-last = Coogan
 | editor-first = Michael D.
 | editor-link = Michael D. Coogan
 | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SNFMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA252
 | pages = 252–261
 | isbn = 978-0-195-37737-8|ref=none
 }}
*{{Cite book
 | last = Levenson
 | first = Jon D.
 | year = 1997
 | title = Esther: A Commentary
 | publisher = Westminster John Knox
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rJS7BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA58
 | isbn = 9780664228873|ref=none
 }}
*{{Cite book
 | title = The Biblical Canon: Its Origin, Transmission, and Authority
 | last = McDonald
 | first = Lee Martin
 | year = 2006
 | publisher = [[Baker Publishing Group|Baker Books]]
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DXiKAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT168
 | isbn = 978-1-441-24164-1|ref=none
 }}
*{{Cite book
 | chapter = Esther
 | last = Meyers
 | first = Carol
 | year = 2007
 | title = The Oxford Bible Commentary
 | editor1-last = Barton
 | editor1-first = John
 | editor2-last = Muddiman
 | editor2-first = John
 | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DWUTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA324
 | pages = 324–330
 | isbn = 978-0-199-27718-6|ref=none
 }}
*{{Cite journal | title = Les modèles Araméens du Livre d'Esther dans la Grotte 4 de Qumrān
 | last = Milik | first = Józef T.
 | author-link = Józef Milik
 | journal = Revue de Qumrân
 | year = 1992 | volume = 15 | issue = 3/59 | pages = 321–406
 | jstor = 24609021|ref=none
}}
*{{Cite book
 | title = Jews and Anti-Judaism in Esther and the Church
 | last = Miller
 | first = Tricia
 | year = 2015
 | publisher = [[Lutterworth Press]]
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=y9DYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2
 | isbn = 978-0-227-90258-5|ref=none
 }}
*{{Cite book
 | chapter = Esther 6: Person
 | last = Phillips
 | first = E. A.
 | year = 2008
 | title = Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship
 | editor1-last = Longman
 | editor1-first = Tremper III
 | editor1-link = Tremper Longman
 | editor2-last = Enns
 | editor2-first = Peter
 | publisher = InterVarsity Press
 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kE2k36XAkv4C&pg=PA188
 | pages = 188–193
 | isbn = 978-0-830-81783-2|ref=none
 }}
*{{Cite book
 | last = Silverstein
 | first = Adam J.
 | year = 2014
 | chapter = The Samaritan Version of the Esther Story
 | title = Islamic Cultures, Islamic Contexts: Essays in Honor of Professor Patricia Crone
 | editor1-last = Ahmed
 | editor1-first = Asad Q.
 | editor2-last = Sadeghi
 | editor2-first = Behnam
 | editor3-last = Hoyland
 | editor3-first = Robert G.
 | editor4-last = Silverstein
 | editor4-first = Adam
 | publisher = [[Brill Publishers|Brill]]
 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7nSjBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA551
 | pages = 551–564
 | isbn = 978-9-004-28171-4|ref=none
 }}
*{{Cite book
 | title = Veiling Esther, Unveiling Her Story: The Reception of a Biblical Book in Islamic Lands
 | last = Silverstein
 | first = Adam J.
 | year = 2018
 | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Vs90DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA66
 | isbn = 978-0-192-51773-9|ref=none
 }}
*{{cite book|first=Saba|last=Soomekh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6CYSrc8qHEC&pg=PA38|title=From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women between Religion and Culture|publisher=[[SUNY Press]]|date=2012|isbn=978-1-438-44385-0|ref=none}}
*{{Cite journal | title = Semitic Terms for 'Myrtle': A Study in Covert
 | last = Testen | first = David
 | journal = [[Journal of Near Eastern Studies]]
 | date = October 1998 | volume = 57 | issue = 4 | pages = 281–290
 | doi = 10.1086/468653 | jstor = 545452
 | s2cid = 161499240|ref=none}}
*{{Cite book
 | title = Esther, a True First Lady: A Post-Feminist Icon in a Secular World
 | last = Tidball
 | first = Dianne
 | publisher = [[Christian Focus Publications]]
 | url = https://archive.org/details/esther00dian_xj2
 | url-access = registration
 | date = 2001
 | isbn = 978-1-85792671-2|ref=none
 }}
*{{Cite journal
 | last = Yahuda | first = Abraham
 | author-link = Abraham Yahuda
 | year = 1946
 | title = The Meaning of the Name Esther
 | journal = [[Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland]]
 | volume = 78 | issue = 2 | pages = 174–178
 | doi = 10.1017/S0035869X00100413 | jstor = 25222106
 | s2cid = 163266181|ref=none
}}
*{{Cite book | title = Persia and the Bible
 | last = Yamauchi | first = Edwin
 | year = 1997
 | publisher = Baker Academic
 |isbn=978-0-801-02108-4|ref=none
}}
*{{Cite book
 | last1 = Yamauchi
 | first1 = Edwin
 | last2 = Phillips
 | first2 = Elaine A.
 | author1-link = Edwin M. Yamauchi
 | year = 2017
 | title = Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
 | publisher = [[Zondervan|Zondervan Academic]]
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XsESDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT465
 | isbn = 978-0-310-53182-1|ref=none
 }}
*{{Cite journal | title = Historical Background of the Book of Esther
 | last = Zadok | first = Ran
 | journal = Biblische Notizen
 | year = 1984 | volume = 24 | pages = 18–23|ref=none
}}
*{{Cite journal | title = Notes on Esther
 | last = Zadok | first = Ran
 | journal = [[Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft|ZAW]]
 | year = 1986 | volume = 98 | pages = 105–110|ref=none
}}
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