psalm 133 what year was it written?

Question

was it post exile era?

Answer 1

maybe, all i know bible was written 2000 years ago

Answer 2

No one knows for sure.

The Psalms are traditionally attributed to David, the son of Jesse, but there is no proof of this. Of the 150 Psalms, 73 carry a phrase in Hebrew, "le David" which might mean "by David", but could just as easily mean "for David." Hebrew was and is today rather short on prepositions, so each tended to have several quite different meanings. The name Asaph is applied to twelve Psalms, twelve refer to "the sons of Korah", two to "Solomon", one to "Ethan" and one to "Moses."

If they are supposed to originate around the time of David, that would make them nearly three thousand years old. David's death is believed to have been in 975 B.C.E, though this, of course, is an estimate. Records from that time and place are rather scarce. But if that date is even approximately accurate, that would make the Psalms older than the Babylonian Exile, to say nothing of the Diaspora imposed by the Roman Empire.

Nonetheless, there is very wide disagreement among scholars as to the precise period of the Psalms. Some believe they were written over many hundreds of years. Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer cherce. There are even a few who are still holding out for a date in the second century B.C.E.

There is one Psalm, I forget which, that I'm told seems to be a translation into Hebrew of a hymn to Aten, the sun-god, composed by Akhenaten, before the 10th cent. B.C.E. It is also important to remember that the Hebrew scriptures were finally agreed on only in the second century C.E., that is, about the same time the Christian scriptures were being selected. Just as the great Bishops of the day met to decide which writings should be included and which omitted, the great Rabbis gathered to set the canon of the Torah, which was not finally settled until the 2nd century.

In fact, there is still an occasional question raised about the authority of some books of the New Testament. As recently as 4 or 5 hundred years ago, Martin Luther, the founder of the Protestant movement, wrote that the Epistle of Jude, still found in our Bibles was "an epistle of straw" unworthy to be considered holy scripture.

The most important thing to remember in all this is, I believe, that the clear, simple answers to such questions sweep a lot of uncertainties under the rug to try to sound decisive. It would be more honest to admit that we simply do not know and possibly will never know. If you are minded to study the Bible, it is best to do the best you can with trying to understand it, bearing in mind that no one will ever understand it completely (not on this earth, at least) and that whatever understanding you arrive at says more about you than about the book or about the God it celebrates.

It behooves Christians to hold their faith with humility, or even better to let their faith hold them as is wise.

I hope this helps.

Adastra, the Wizzard of Jacksonville

Answer 3

Good question. I really like learning new things concerning my Lord. Post exile Era was before christ

Answer 4

Psalms is in the Old Testament which is before the Exodus if that is what you are asking. I'm not sure what you mean by exil if that what you meant.

Answer 5

after the old testament after the death of christ