Texts · 19 · Solomon and Sheba

Ruth anchored in the time of judges

Scribes connected originally separate works and figures: Ezra and Nehemiah, Haggai and Zechariah, Ruth set in the judges' era and tied to David's line.

Continuity by association.

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Ecclesiastes and Proverbs were linked to Solomon, and the Psalms to David.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 312

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