Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>]

Hi,

I found this translation online:

http://www.come-and-hear.com/bababathra/bababathra_15.html

In 15:a the translation says:

Jeremiah wrote the book which bears his name, the Book of Kings, and  
Lamentations. Hezekiah and his colleagues wrote (Mnemonic YMSHK)2   
Isaiah,3  Proverbs,4  the Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes. The Men of  
the Great Assembly wrote (Mnemonic KNDG)5  Ezekiel,6  the Twelve Minor  
Prophets,7  Daniel and the Scroll of Esther.

This is the first time I've heard a Hezekiah et al authorship. I'm not  
so sure about this translation. Does anybody know of any electronic  
original language versions online?

James Christian

Quoting "Kevin P. Edgecomb" <kevin AT bombaxo.com>:

> Quoting George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>:
> > But do bear in mind that the Babylonian Talmud is not contemporary
> > with Solomon. So, the argument, James, does not hold much clout.
>
> I write:
> Likewise, James, it says nothing of Ben Sira on page 14b of Baba
> Batra, though a lengthy discussion of the authors of Scripture begins
> on 14b, continuing through 16b (with most of that being an excursus on
> Job).  The book is consistently referred to throughout the Babylonian
> Talmud as the book of Ben Sira, not a book of Solomon.  The book of
> Ben Sira is likewise forbidden for reading in bSanh 100b, though
> several quotations are viewed as consistent with Rabbinic
> interpretation.  This would hardly be the case if Solomon were
> considered its author.
>
> Perhaps, James, you have another work in mind and have misremembered
> the citation?
>
> Regards,
> Kevin P. Edgecomb
> Berkeley, California
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