Is the Book of Esther in the pseudepigrapha?

Answer 1

A:Pseudepigrapha are falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed authorship is represented by a separate author, or a work whose real author attributed it to a figure of the past. By this definition, the Book of Esther is anonymous rather than pseudepigraphical, since the book does not make any statement as to its authorship.

More broadly, a widely accepted but an incorrect attribution of authorship may make a text pseudepigraphical. There is no theological consensus as to who wrote the book, although those who consider it to be factual often attribute it to Mordecai. If the attribution to Mordecai is sufficiently widely held, Estherwould be pseudepigraphical according to this definition.