[Avodah] Darshening the Megillah

[Simon Montagu]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> On Megillah 1:1 (vilna 1b -- yes, the Y-mi has a daf alef), R' Chelbo
> and R' Chunah vesheim Rav say "... zos omeres sheMegillas Esther nitenah
> lehidareish".
...
> This may mean only these three texts: the Torah, Megillas Esther, and
> Shemuel's megillah.

> Or it might mean that even Esther, the last sefer of kesuvim can be
> darshened -- implying all of Tanakh, and then R' Yirmiyah extends this
> even further by giving the example of a non-canonized prophetic text!

See the section "Megillat Esther vehaDerush Hahilchati" in RSZ's HaMo`adim
VeHalacha on Purim. I'm away from home right now and it's many years
since I read it, so I don't remember how relevant it is to your topic,
but it's at least related ;-)