Author:
Probably Mordecai (
9:20,
23), Esther's cousin, who raised her (
2:5,
7).
Time of Writing:
Around 474 B.C., in the twelfth month of the twelfth year of Ahasuerus (
9:20,
18;
3:7).
Place of Writing:
Susa, capital of the Persian Empire (
1:2).
Time Period Covered:
This book covers a period of at least ten years, from 484 B.C. to 474 B.C., from the third year of Ahasuerus (Xerxes) the king of Persia (
1:3) to some time after the fifteenth day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year of Ahasuerus (
9:18;
3:7).
