Author:
Probably Samuel.
Time of Writing:
The eleventh century B.C.
Place of the Record:
Canaan.
Time Period Covered:
About 305 years, from about 1425 B.C. to 1120 B.C., from after Joshua's death (
1:1)
to the death of Samson (
16:30-31; cf.
Acts 13:19-20).
