Esther, Not Judith
- Critical analysis of the Jewish heroines and the reasons Esther is the more popular of the two.
- http://fontes.lstc.edu/~rklein/Documents/esther.htm

Esther
- Essay about the life of the Persian Jewish queen.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther

The Essence of Esther
- Character study of the Biblical queen as a metaphor for Judaism in exile.
- http://www.torah.org/learning/women/class23.html

Queen Esther: The Merit of Things Hidden
- Essay about the Jewish ideals of femininity embodied in the biblical heroine.
- http://www.torah.org/learning/women/class57.html

Seventh-Day Adventist Bible Dictionary: Esther
- Biblical analysis of the Persian queen.
- http://www.nisbett.com/people/bp-esther.htm

The Apocryphal Book of Esther
- Later Jewish writings about the story of Esther intended to supply the missing faith elements from the original Megillah.
- http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=484&letter=E

The Book of Esther
- Discussion of the allegorical Jewish queen.
- http://home1.gte.net/deleyd/religion/esther.html

Catholic Encyclopedia: Esther
- Commentary on the Biblical heroine from the traditional Catholic perspective.
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05549a.htm

Jewish Leaders: Esther
- Profile of the Jewish Queen of Persia and her importance to Judaism.
- http://judaism.about.com/library/glossary/bldef-p_esther.htm

Megillat Esther
- Analysis of the Book of Esther, with cultural explanations of the satire and some of the queen's odd-seeming behavior.
- http://www.vbm-torah.org/purim/pur-es.htm