The Jewish Scriptures the Books of the Old Testament in the Light of Their Orig
The Jewish Scriptures the Books of the Old Testament in the Light of Their Orig
Amos Kidder Fiske
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It was doubtless at this time also that a continu- ation of the popular history was midertaken, out of the material supplied chiefly by the " Book of Jasher " and the " Wars of Jehovah, " and by the genealogies collected at Jerusalem. From this came the substances of the account of the Judges, perhaps the story of Kuth, and the narratives con- nected with the first setting up of the kingdom con- tained in the Books of Samuel. No doubt also some of the annals were put in form that Avere afterwar...d drawn upon for the more strictly histori- 15* THE JEWISH SCRIPTURES cal books. The literary coterie that surrounded the king unquestionably made a collection of the popular proverbs and wise sayings that had ac- cumulated since the days of Solomon, many of which were attributed to that monarch, and made considerable additions to them. A collection seems likewise to have been made of the poems, mainly with a religious turn, but some rather historical than devotional, which constituted what became known as " the Psalms.
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