(EN) Gene M. Tucker, Esther, The Book of, in Metzger e Michael D. Coogan (a cura di), The Oxford Companion to the Bible, Oxford University Press, 2004, DOI:10.1093/acref/9780195046458.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-504645-8. URL consultato il 17 aprile 2020.
«Although the details of its setting are entirely plausible and the story may even have some basis in actual events, in terms of literary genre the book is not history.»