Class C Proverbs

Authorship and Date Throughout the Book of Proverbs, comprised mostly of parables and poetry, one can truly comprehend the wisdom God gave to his people. In the beginning of Proverbs, readers are introduced to “Proverbs of Solomon son of David, King of Israel.” (Estes 213) This gives the initial impression that King Solomon wrote the book of Proverbs, however, scholars discovered that it was in Jewish tradition that the book was edited by “the men of Hezekiah” (Estes 213). Many academics have come to the conclusion that King Solomon may not have be the sole author of the book of Proverbs. They believe that Proverbs is a collection of stories with many contributions from King Solomon. As for the other authors, many of them are unknown, but that they resemble a similar type to King Solomon. …show more content…
“Class A reflects the empirical approach to life of old wisdom. Class B describes the social effects of good or bad behavior. Class C proverbs constituted Yahwistic reinterpretations of old wisdom.” (Estes 214) This showed how the different authors were able to incorporate P different meanings for different stories that are told within the book of Proverbs. While McKane believed that they are different types of morals ingrained into each story, James Crenshaw, an intellectual that studied the text of Psalms and Proverbs, believes that “the earliest proverbs are from clan wisdom and they focus on the mastery of life.” (Estes 214-215) This still portrays a similar message as to McKane, except they believe that the book of Proverbs was clan wisdom and it was passed down via oral