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  • From: James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>
  • To: "Kevin P. Edgecomb" <kevin AT bombaxo.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Qohelet
  • Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:22:41 +0100

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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