History part -1

Joshua

English Standard Version Introduction

Although anonymous, the book appears to contain eyewitness testimony, some of which may have been written by Joshua himself.

Yehoshua, meaning "God is deliverance.”

Joshua 24:15 “And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Judges

Named so for the various leaders God raises up

Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah/Barak, Gideon, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan , Elon, Abdon , and Samson

Judges 17:6 “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”

English Standard Version Introduction

1) the people abandoned the Lord; 2) God punished them by raising up a foreign power to oppress them; 3) the people cried out to God for deliverance; and 4) God raised up a deliverer, or judge, for them. The author of the book is unknown, although some Jewish tradition ascribes it to Samuel.

Ruth

English Standard Version Introduction

The author is unknown, but the genealogy at the end suggests that it was written during or after the time of David.

re'ut, meaning “friend.”

Ruth 1:16 “But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.”