THE BOOK OF RUTH : Unknown. Jewish tradition has pointed to Samuel, but this is most unlikely. The evidence points to some writer during the period of David or Solomon (see DATE below: also see AUTHOR, The Book of Judges). : Most likely, during the reign of either David or Solomon, about 1010–930 B.C. Internal evidence strongly supports this. 1. The book was written sometime after the period of the judges. “Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was
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