English summary: Beate Ego's new commentary on the book of Esther contains detailed discusssions of the books textual history, language, structure, literary genre, date of composition, and theology. The story of Esther has reworked a number of older biblical as well as Persian and Greek concepts. In doing so, it grapples with Persian and Greek notions of authority and probes Israels existence among the nations: Israel, which has a unique place...