By this process of editing are explained such phenomena as the attachment of chaps. Jeremiah here brings together the three ship. According to the modern critical school, closer definition of authorship for most of the Old Testament books is impossible. The books Joshua-Chronicles inclusive are named from their contents, not from the author. Neither Ezra nor Nehemiah purports to be written by the worthy whose name it bears, and the same is true of Esther and Job.
Psalms is a collection from various sources, some of which are named.
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