Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther (Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament)

The Book of Esther, also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll" (Megillah), is a book in the third section (Ketuvim, "Writings") of the Jewish Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) and in the Christian Old Testament. This analysis by Michael V. Fox has been widely praised as an important contribution to the study of the Old Testament.