Of course there was a Book of Esther before this, and even in its redacted form our Esther reflects the period of three Persian kings, viz.
A redacted copy of the consultants ' report is available from the ORR website here.
He argues that traditions were created in response to 9th century conditions and then redacted back several centuries.
Have you got some proof that the Deuteronomic History could not have been heavily redacted by the Maccabees.
The papers provided by the Home Office show that their initial thoughts were to provide redacted versions of the ten project license applications.