Who is the author of "RUTH?"
Answer: "Not definitely known"
AND
Who is the author of:
1ST SAMUEL?..... ....... Answer: Author "Unknown"
2ND SAMUEL...... ..... Answer: Author "Unknown"
1ST KING?....... ......... . Answer: Author "Unknown"
2ND KING?....... ........ Answer: Author "Unknown"
1st CHRONICLES? …. Answer: Author "Unknown, probably …"
2st CHRONICLES? …. Answer: Author "Likely collected …"
THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
GENESIS
AUTHOR One of the "five
books of Moses."
EXODUS
AUTHOR Generally
credited to Moses.
LEVITICUS
AUTHOR Generally
credited to Moses.
NUMBERS
AUTHOR Generally
credited to Moses.
DEUTERONOMY
AUTHOR Generally
credited to Moses.
JOSHUA
AUTHOR. Major part
credited to Joshua.
JUDGES
AUTHOR. Possibly Samuel,
RUTH
AUTHOR. Not definitely known, perhaps Samuel.
FIRST SAMUEL
AUTHOR. Unknown.
SECOND SAMUEL
AUTHOR. Unknown.
FIRST KINGS
AUTHOR. Unknown.
SECOND KINGS
AUTHOR. Unknown.
FIRST CHRONICLES
AUTHOR. Unknown,
probably collected and
edited by Ezra.
SECOND CHRONICLES
AUTHOR. Likely collected
and edited by Ezra.
EZRA
AUTHOR. Probably written
or edited by Ezra.
ESTHER
AUTHOR. Unknown.
JOB
AUTHOR. Unknown.
PSALMS
AUTHOR. Principally David,
though there are other writers.
ECCLESIASTES
AUTHOR. Doubtful, but
commonly assigned to Solomon.
ISAIAH
AUTHOR. Mainly credited
to Isaiah. Parts may have been
written by others.
JONAH
AUTHOR. Unknown.
HABAKKUK
AUTHOR. Nothing known of
the place or time of his birth.
The above facts are from Collins' R.S.V. 1971. Pages 12-17.
And so the story goes. The authors of these anonymous books are either "UNKNOWN" or are "PROBABLY" or "LIKELY" or are of "DOUBTFUL" origin. Why blame God for this fiasco? The Long-suffering and Merciful God did not wait for two thousand years for Bible scholars to tell us that He was not the Author of Jewish peccadilloes, prides and prejudices; of their lusts, wranglings, jealousies and enormities.
فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ الْكِتَابَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَذَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلا فَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ
Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say:"This is from Allah," to traffic with it for miserable price!- Woe to them for what their hands do write, and for the gain they make thereby.
Al-Qur'an, 002.079 (Al-Baqara [The Cow])