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2006-07-04 11:05:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

David

2006-07-04 11:05:47 · answer #2 · answered by HoneyBee24-7-365 5 · 0 0

Here is some general information on the authorship of the books of Psalms:

The Book of Psalms, Hebrew Tehillim, ("Praises"), is the first book of the third section of the Bible, the Ketuvim or Sacred Writings, and comprises 150 psalms. Many of the psalms have superscrip­tions, describing their contents, their author, and, it is generally assumed, in some cases, the melodies to which they were sung in the Temple.

It has long been noted that the first Psalm appears to be an introduction to the book as a whole, as Psalm 150 appears to be an epilogue. There is a concluding note at the end of Psalms 41, 72, 89, and106, which suggests that the book is in five separate sections. The rabbinic midrash [rabbinic interpretation from the period of the rabbis of the Mishnah and the Talmud] to Psalms states that David com­posed his Psalms in five books, just as Moses wrote the five books of the Pentateuch. In this Midrash, and very frequently in the Rabbinic literature, David is assumed to be the author of the book of Psalms.

But in the famous Talmudic passage (Bava Batra 14b) on the authorship of the biblical books, it is said that David included in his book psalms written by some who preceded him. The superscription to Psalm 90, for instance, is: "A prayer of Moses, the man of God." In fact, while seventy-two of the psalms are attributed to David, this one is attributed to Moses, and some to other authors. Some of the psalms are attributed to no par­ticular author and are known, in the tradition, as 'orphan psalms'. Itis incorrect, therefore, to say that in the traditional view David is the author of all the psalms in the book. Neverthe­less, the tradition still sees David as the final author of the book, although he is said to have included the works of others in his final compo­sition. In 2 Samuel 23:1 David is described as 'the sweet singer in Israel'.

This view of Davidic authorship was not left unquestioned in the Middle Ages and is rejected by all modern biblical scholars as anachronistic. Psalm 137, for instance, speaks of the period, hundreds of years after David's death, when the Temple had been destroyed and the Jews were in exile in Babylon. The book of Psalms is now seen rather as a collection or anthology of psalms compiled at different periods, though there is no real reason to deny that some of them may go back to David himself, with psalms or groups of psalms added later to the collection.

2006-07-04 11:48:35 · answer #3 · answered by Ponderingwisdom 4 · 0 0

King David!

2006-07-04 11:11:26 · answer #4 · answered by Matt B 3 · 0 0

Are you talking about the love poem? If so it was I believe King Solomon for his love. If that's not the one than David wrote others.

2006-07-04 11:06:03 · answer #5 · answered by olderandwiser 4 · 0 0

david

2006-07-04 11:05:26 · answer #6 · answered by billy t 2 · 0 0

phsalms did the rest were written by god

2006-07-04 11:26:31 · answer #7 · answered by courtney 2 · 0 0

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