Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Leeroy Malachinski" <Leeroy AT cool.dk>]

Hi B-Hebrew folks,
 
I would greatly appreciate any help on the following.
 
Suppose you have two stories in the Bible that clearly bear some kind of
relationship to each other e.g., Gen. 19 & Judges 19 (Sodom & Gomorrah and
the awful incident in Gibea) and many others like them. Does anybody know
of any method(s) or considerations that allow clarifying which story was
the earlier? Which story is throwing light on the other? Bibliography that
deal with this question will also be greatly appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
Leeroy