Who wrote 2 Samuel?

Answer 1

There was originally only the Book of Samuel, but due to its length it was eventually split into two books, 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel. The Books of Samuel are part of the Deuteronomic history, which was written by the anonymous author now called the Deuteronomist, in the seventh century BCE.

Answer 2

• There was originally only the Book of Samuel, but due to its length it was eventually split into two books, 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel. The Books of Samuel are considered by biblical scholars to be part of the Deuteronomic history, which was written by the anonymous author now called the Deuteronomist, in the seventh century BCE.

• The author is unknown, but many Jewish and Christian scholars believe there is a possibility that the prophets Nathan and Gad wrote the material, or the unnamed author used their records.

Answer 3

The Book of Chronicles was probably written shortly after the Return from the Babylonian Exile, by an anonymous author. It is clearly based on the Deuteronomic History (Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 2 Kings), with changes to remove some obvious inconsistencies and to suit the theology of the time. During the Christian Era, The Book of Chronicles was split into tow books, 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles, due to the difficulty of fitting the entire text onto a single roll of papyrus.

The author of the Book of Chronicles was anonymous, so we therefore do not know who wrote 1 Chronicles or 2 Chronicles. The author is simply referred to as "the Chronicler".

Answer

The author is not stated and is usually referred to as the Chronicler. It is believed that Chronicles was written by Ezra.

Answer 4

It cannot be known for certain who wrote the two books of Kings. Jewish tradition asserts the prophet Jeremiah to be the author, although it is worthy of note that even he used a scribe Baruch.

Answer 5

A:The books of 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel were originally a single scroll, but were separated in the Greek translation to the Septuagint and were then treated as two books in the Christian Bible. Tradition says they were written by Samuel, the last Israelite judge. Biblical scholars say they were actually written by an anonymous source now known as the Deuteronomist, as he was also responsible for the Book of Deuteronomy.

Answer 6

According to tradition, Jeremiah wrote these books: 1 and 2 Kings, Jeremiah, and Lamentations (Talmud, Bava Bathra 14b). See also:

History of the Hebrew Bible

Debunking the JEPD Documentary Hypothesis

The authorship of the Hebrew Bible

Archaeology

Answer 7

The two books we now have, 1 Kings and 2 Kingswere originally a single book. In the early years of the Common Era, they were split into two books because of the difficulty in writing the entire original book onto one papyrus scroll.
Scholars say that 2 Kings is part of the Deuteronomic History, written in the seventh century BCE by the author now known as the 'Deuteronomist' because he did not sign his name to any of the books he is believed to have written, and is therefore anonymous.

Answer 8

According to tradition, it was written around 835 BCE.