![]() The socio-religious background of ancient Israel’s wisdom is international, and this has important repercussions for its reception history and modern relevance (see Reception history).īased on external considerations, the majority of recent scholars question whether Solomon really was the author of the sections of the book assigned to him. The named authors of the two final collections in the book, Agur son of Jakeh and King Lemuel, are otherwise unattested and we know nothing else about them than that King Lemuel is likely to be non-Israelite in origin. This final editor, the real author of the book, not of its sayings, probably lived during the Persian period (ca. ![]() Judging by biblical analogues, he allowed the original heading attributing the work to Solomon (1:1) to stand as the title of his final composition because Solomon is the principal author of the sayings (chapters 1–29) and the most distinguished author of his anthology. ![]() The following paragraph from a major recent commentary helpfully summarises the internal evidence:Īn anonymous final editor appended Collections V–VII (= 25:1–31:31) to Solomon’s Collections I–IV (= 1:1–24:34). Nonetheless, sub-titles to later parts of the book explicitly assign several sections to other named or unnamed authors or compilers: 22:17 24:23 30:1 and 31:1. The opening verse (1:1) at first sight seems to assign the entire book to the well-known King Solomon, son of David, who was famous for composing and collecting large numbers of proverbs, songs, and scientific treatises ( 1 Kgs 4:32-33).
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