Commentary for Bava Batra 28:11
סידרן של כתובים רות וספר תהלים ואיוב ומשלי קהלת שיר השירים וקינות דניאל ומגילת אסתר עזרא ודברי הימים ולמאן דאמר איוב בימי משה היה ליקדמיה לאיוב ברישא אתחולי בפורענותא לא מתחלינן רות נמי פורענות היא פורענות דאית ליה אחרית דאמר רבי יוחנן למה נקרא שמה רות שיצא ממנה דוד שריוהו להקב"ה בשירות ותושבחות
the Holy One, blessed be He, with hymns and praises. Who wrote the Scriptures? — Moses wrote his own book and the portion of Balaam<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The parables of Balaam in Num. XXIII, XXIV. ');"><sup>18</sup></span>
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Ruth, Psalms, Job etc – Ruth was first, in the "days the judges judged" (Ruth 1:1). Psalms David said, and he was before Job according to the one who says it was in the days of the Queen of Sheba, and that was after the three books of Shlomo.
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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes – the two are wisdom books.
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Song of Songs – it seems to me that it was said at the time of his old age.
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Lamentations – Yirmiyah said them, and he was after Shlomo.
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Daniel – after Yirmiyah, in the days of Nebuchadnezzar in exile.
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Esther – after that, in the days of Aḥashverosh.
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Ezra after that, in the days of Darius II who arose after Aḥashverosh.
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according to the one who says Job was in the days of Moses – see below.
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Ruth is also about suffering – famine and exile and the death of Elimelekh and his sons.
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which has a future – in the end, the suffering turns to hope, for David comes from there.
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