Meyers, Carol (2007). Barton, John; Muddiman, John, eds. The Oxford Bible Commentary(en inglés). Oxford University Press. p. 325. ISBN9780199277186. «Like the Joseph story in Genesis and the book of Daniel, it is a fictional piece of prose writing involving the interaction between foreigners and Hebrews/Jews.»
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«AHASUREUS». Encyclopaedia Iranica Online. Consultado el 21 de agosto de 2021. «In Ezra 4.6, Xerxes is thought of as ruling between Darius I and Artaxerxes I, which is the correct sequence.»
McCullough, W. S. (28 de julio de 2011). «AHASUREUS – Encyclopaedia Iranica». Encyclopædia Iranica. Consultado el 3 de abril de 2020. «There may be some factual nucleus behind the Esther narrative, but the book in its present form displays such inaccuracies and inconsistencies that it must be described as a piece of historical fiction.»
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Hirsch, Emil G.; Dyneley Prince, John; Schechter, Solomon (1906). «ESTHER». En Singer, Isidor; Adler, Cyrus, eds. JewishEncyclopedia.com. Consultado el 25 de abril de 2020. «Some of modern expositors have reached the conclusion that the book is a piece of pure fiction, although some writers qualify their criticism by an attempt to treat it as a historical romance.»
