Introduction
to Proverbs
A medieval depiction of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
The Book of Proverbs, Mishle in Hebrew, is,
from it’s opening lines, intended as a guide from a father to his son, based,
not only on the father’s teachings, but the mother’s guidance as well.
The opening line attributes it to King Solomon,
an appropriate attribution, as he is described, in the historical record of the
Book of Kings, as the wisest man, of world-wide renown. While it is hard to
pinpoint an exact attribution, much material may well have been from his time.
Different chapters in Proverbs have different attributes, such as the circles
of scholars under King Hezekiah, or a King Lemuel. Much material may have come
from other cultures and it has been noted that some material is from an Egyptian
wisdom collection, "Wisdom of of Amenemope,” contemporaneous (
give or take a few centuries) with
Solomon.
Here is my discussion, in two separate videos:
https://youtu.be/Yl5QAnkF6FA, from June 4 and 11
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