Megillat Esther: The Book of Esther features the Hebrew text of the megillah, an expanded narrative translation by Rabbi Martin S. Cohen, and a second contextual translation by Rabbi Pamela Barmash that draws on contemporary scholarship in Biblical Hebrew.

Additional content includes thoughtful essays on each chapter of the megillah, as well as insightful commentaries on selected verses, with contributions by several Conservative / Masorti rabbis including Rachel Ain, Jacob Blumenthal, Neil F. Blumofe, Analia Bortz, Susan Leider, Zachary Silver, Amy S. Wallk, and Yonatan M. Warren.

This publication also contains blessings to be recited before and after the public reading of the megillah on Purim, as well as the accompanying evening (Arvit) service from Siddur Lev Shalem.