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Judges began as an appendix
The oldest parts of Judges, stories of Ehud, Deborah, and Gideon, may first have been attached to the People's History, showing tribes fighting as a nation-in-arms.
A book born as an addendum.
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It became a standalone book only when southern scribes combined the People's and Palace Histories.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 304–305
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