Ebook The Book of Proverbs

A. The general question. The view has been held by some in the past that Solomon was the author of the whole book, the names Agur and Lemuel which appear as those of authors in chap. 30 and 31 being merely descriptive designa tions of Solomon. This view was never very widely held and has been generally abandoned, so that it is not necessary to give it detailed consideration.