Gideon of Judges 6–8 was regarded by the "critical school" as a composite narrative, combining Jahwist, Elohist and Deuteronomic sources, with further interpolations and editorial comments of the Second Temple period. Emil Hirsch alleged a historical nucleus in the narrative, reflecting the struggle of the tribe of Manasseh with hostile Bedouins across the Jordan, along with "reminiscences of tribal jealousies on the part of Ephraim" in the early period of Hebrew settlement, later conflated with the religious context of connecting Yahweh with the shrine at Ophrah. The core (Jahwist) narrative consists of Gideon wishing to avenge the death of his brothers,
Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story is presumed to follow. The radio series on which the book was based, also named "The Rest of the Story", was produced from 1976 until 2009, when Paul Harvey died. Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story is a book written by Paul Harvey, Jr. (billed under his birth name, "Paul Aurandt") that chronicles around 80 stories that Paul Harvey told on his regular radio show of the same name. Sample stories include: the birth of Coca-Cola, the insanity of Patrick Henry's wife, and how Franklin Pierce apparently accidentally ran over a woman.