Bible Question: If Samuel had died in the Book of I Samuel, who wrote the Book of II Samuel or why was the book attributed to him? |
Bible Answer: Hello KABBAK, Originally, 1st and 2nd Samuel were one book. Jewish tradition says that the author of this book is Samuel, but as you have pointed out, this is not possible. Samuel has some part in the authorship (1 Sam. 8:1ff) but the majority of the book(s) can be attributed to sources such as the book of Jasher, Nathan, and Gad. The completion of the book is at least 400 years after Samuel lived (1 Sam. 14:18). Samuel did have a part in this book(s), but it was minimal. ischus |
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