Esther, Not Judith - Critical analysis of the Jewish heroines and the reasons Esther is the more popular of the two. Catholic Encyclopedia: Esther - Commentary on the Biblical heroine from the traditional Catholic perspective. The Apocryphal Book of Esther - Later Jewish writings about the story of Esther intended to supply the missing faith elements from the original Megillah. Queen Esther: The Merit of Things Hidden - Essay about the Jewish ideals of femininity embodied in the biblical heroine. The Essence of Esther - Character study of the Biblical queen as a metaphor for Judaism in exile. Esther - Profile of the Jewish queen from a joint Lutheran and Catholic bible study project. Esther - Essay about the life of the Persian Jewish queen. Esther - Biblical biography of the Jewish queen. Megillat Esther - Analysis of the Book of Esther, with cultural explanations of the satire and some of the queen's odd-seeming behavior.