Esther, Part 1 – Additional Resources

Suggested Reading:

• David Firth and Brittany N. Melton, eds., Reading Esther Intertextually (New York: T&T Clark, 2023).
• Jo Carruthers, The Politics of Purim: Law, Sovereignty and Hospitality in the Aesthetic Afterlives of Esther, 1st edition (T&T Clark, 2020).

Articles: (click to access)

• “Esther” by Martien Halvorson-Taylor | Bible Odyssey
• “Esther: Bible” by Sidnie White Crawford | Jewish Women’s Archive
• “Humor in the Book of Esther” by Leonard Greenspoon | Bible Odyssey
• “Fiction in a Time of Persecution” by Donald Polaski | Bible Odyssey
• “Court Tales” by Lawrence M. Wills | Bible Odyssey
• “Purim” by Aaron Koller | Bible Odyssey
• Michael LeFebvre, “The Story of Esther as Redemptive Humor in the Bible,” The Center for Hebraic Thought, June 9, 2021

Lectures: (click to access)

• Lecture 24. Alternative Visions: Esther, Ruth, and Jonah, Dr. Christine Hayes | Yale University 

Videos: (click to access)

• “Book of Esther Summary: Complete Animated Overview” | Bible Project 

Podcasts: (click to access)

• “Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther” | Biblical Time Machine Podcast  

Art: (click to access)

• Book of Esther (c. 800) | Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
• The Story of Esther (c. 1465) by Marco del Buono Giamberti & Apollonio de Giovanni di Tomaso | Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Esther and Mordecai (c. 1685) by Aert de Gelder, RSDI Museum
• A Jewish Heroine from the Hebrew Bible (c. 1632-1633), Rembrandt van Rijn, The Jewish Museum of New York