Why did Mordecai write the Book of Esther?

Answer 1

A:Mordecai was a character in the Book of Esther, but did not write it. Had he done so, he could scarcely have written that he was sent into exile by Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled in Babylon over a century before Xerxes assumed power in Persia. In recent years, some Jewish scholars have sought to resolve this textual problem by rewriting Persian history, reducing the long timespan between Nebuchadnezzar and Xerxes, but mainstream Jewish sources continue to accept the historical chronology.

Biblical scholars say that the Book of Esther was written in the second century BCE as a novel, but it seems to have become so popular that it came to be accepted as historical.