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{{short description|Books of the Bible}}
{{Tanakh OT|Nevi'im|historical}}
The '''Book of Samuel'''
According to Jewish tradition, the book was written by [[Samuel]], with additions by the prophets [[Gad (prophet)|Gad]] and [[Nathan (prophet)|Nathan]].<ref name="JewishEncyclopedia">{{cite web |last1=Hirsch |first1=Emil G. |title=SAMUEL, BOOKS OF|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13080-samuel-books-of |website=www.jewishencyclopedia.com}}</ref> Modern scholarly thinking posits that the entire Deuteronomistic history was composed ''circa'' 630–540 BCE by combining a number of independent texts of various ages.{{sfn|Knight|1995|p=62}}{{sfn|Jones|2001|p=197}}
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