Others like Gregory Nazianzen also excluded Esther from the Bible [JBC, p. 522]. Jerome while favoring the shorter canon, several times in his writings cited Books from the larger canon as Scripture.

My small-group Bible study recently finished reading through and discussing the book of Esther. Most notable for being the one of only two books in the Bible that doesn’t directly mention ...

As mentioned, the Book of Esther is the last book included by the rabbis in the cannon. Keep in mind that the Jewish bookshelf at the time had many, many more books than what we find in the Bible.

THE Bible is a vast divine book which contains ... Ezra 1-10, Nehemiah 1-13, Esther 1-10, Job 1-42 and Psalm 1, while the second volume delves into Psalm 74-150, Proverbs 1-31, Ecclesiastes ...