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Call Number Regions
Esther is sometimes treated along with Ruth or Ezra/Nehemiah in a single commentary.
Major Commentaries on Esther
Esther (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) by Joyce G. Baldwin
Call Number: BS1375.3 .B35 1984ISBN: 0877842620Publication Date: 1984Esther (The JPS Bible Commentary) by Adele Berlin
Call Number: BS1375.3 .B47 2001ISBN: 0827606990Publication Date: 2001Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther (New American Commentary) by Mervin Breneman
Call Number: BS1355.3 .B74 1993ISBN: 0805401105Publication Date: 1993Ruth-Esther (Word Biblical Commentary) by Frederick W. Bush
Call Number: BS1315.3 .B87 1996ISBN: 0849902088Publication Date: 1996Esther and Ruth (Reformed Expository Commentary) by Iain M. Duguid
Call Number: BS1375.3 .D84 2005ISBN: 0875527833Publication Date: 2005Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther by Michael V. Fox
Call Number: BS1375.3 .F694 2001ISBN: 0802848818Publication Date: 2001Esther (NIV Application Commentary) by Karen H. Jobes
Call Number: BS1375.3 .J63 1999ISBN: 0310206723Publication Date: 1999The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther (Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament) by C. F. Keil and F. Delitzsch
Call Number: BS1151.2 .K29 1996 v.4ISBN: 0913573884Publication Date: 1996Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther (New International Bible Commentary) by Leslie Allen and Timothy S. Laniak
Call Number: BS1355.3 .A45 2003ISBN: 9781565632189Publication Date: 2004Esther (Old Testament Library) by Jon D. Levenson
Call Number: BS1375.3 .L48 1997ISBN: 0664220932Publication Date: 1997
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- Baldwin, Joyce G. Esther: An Introduction and Commentary. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 1984.
- Berlin, Adele. Esther: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation. The JPS Bible Commentary. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2001.
- Breneman, Mervin. Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. New American Commentary. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1993.
- Bush, Frederic W. Ruth, Esther. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas, TX: Word Books, 1996.
- Duguid, Iain M. Esther and Ruth. Reformed Expository Commentary. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2005.
- Fox, Michael V. Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001.
- Jobes, Karen H. Esther. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1999.
- Keil, C. F. The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. Translated by Sophia Taylor. Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1950.
- Laniak, Timothy S. “Esther.” In Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, by Leslie C. Allen and Timothy S. Laniak, 167–269. New International Biblical Commentary, Old Testament. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2003.
- Levenson, Jon D. Esther: A Commentary. Old Testament Library. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997.
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