How many Psalms did Moses write?

Answer 1

"Psalms is a book, so technically, Solomon wrote a fraction of a book of Psalms." Yes, however, I think the intention of the question is how many Psalms did Solomon write. Psalm means song. From the book of Psalms, Solomon wrote 72 and 127. However, we are told in 1 Kings 4:29-34 that Solomon wrote 1,005 songs. We only two songs (Psalm 72 and 127) in the Old Testament unless you also count the book, the Song of Solomon, as the third.

Answer 2

King David did not really write any psalms, in spite of the later attributions to him. Mark S. Smith says (‘Taking Inspiration: Authorship, Revelation, and the Book of Psalms’, published in Psalms and Practice) that the psalms “of David” for the most part could not have been written by David since their grammar points to a later period. He says that David ruled towards the end of what scholars consider the period of archaic Hebrew, whereas all the psalms attributed to him (with the possible exceptions of Psalms 18 and 29) are considered to belong to a later stage of Hebrew. He compares the differences as akin to the differences between ‘Beowulf’, ‘The Canterbury Tales’ or Shakespeare, and modern English.

James Luther Mays (Psalms) says the psalms were composed by persons of brilliant poetic skills and religious learning, as is evident in the text, but the personal identities of the authors are unknown.

Answer 3

Tradition states that Moses composed eleven Psalms (Psalms 90 through 100) (Rashi commentary, on Psalm 90:1).See also:

More about the authorship of the Psalms

More about Moses

Answer 4

Traditionally, Jews and Christians have believed that King Solomon wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes. Certainly, statements in the opening chapter of Ecclesiastes could only mean that the author was claiming to be King Solomon. However, the past tense is used in 1:12, meaning that this claim was meant to be allegorical.
The book contains several Aramaic words and two Persian words, thus militating against authorship by Solomon, who would never have used Aramaic or Persian. Most critical scholars now believe thatEcclesiastes was written around 250 BCE.

Answer 5

According to tradition, King David wrote all of the 73 Psalms that bear his name, plus all the Psalms that name no author (another thirty or so). The remaining Psalms (of the 150) were written by others (Adam, Moses, etc.) and collated by David (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b).

Answer 6

A:The Song of Solomon (Song of Songs) is traditionally attributed to Solomon, in spite of verse 1:2: "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth ..." scholars say that this was actually a post-Exilic operetta that came to be sung in bars before being included by the Council of Jamnia in the Hebrew canon.

Several of the psalms are also attributed to Solomon, generally whenever they make profound or wise statements, but there is no evidence that King Solomon even knew any psalms.

Based on the literary evidence, King Solomon wrote no song that has come down to us today.

Answer 7

150 songs

AnswerThe Song of Solomon (Song of Songs) is traditionally attributed to Solomon, in spite of verse 1:2: "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth ..." scholars say that this was actually a post-Exilic operetta that came to be sung in bars before being included by the Council of Jamnia in the Hebrew canon.

Several of the psalms are also attributed to Solomon, generally whenever they make profound or wise statements, but there is no evidence that King Solomon even knew any psalms.

Based on the literary evidence, King Solomon wrote no song that has come down to us today.

Answer 8

73

Answer:

King David wrote THE book of Psalms. In it, he included individual Psalms that had been authored by others, but the entire book is considered his work.

The Book of Psalms is sub-divided into five books:

The first book begins at Psalms 1

The second book begins at Psalms 42

The third book begins at Psalms 73

The fourth book begins at Psalms 90

The fifth book begins at Psalms 107 and ends at Psalms 150.

Answer 9

Another Answer from our community:

Jewish tradition attributes 3 books to Solomon:

Ecclesiastes

book of Proverbs

Song of songs

Answer

The Books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes are traditionally attributed to King Solomon, as well as several psalms, but scholars say that this was not the case. Solomon did not write any books of The Bible.

Answer:

King Solomon is traditionally credited with writing Proverbs, Song of Songs (Song of Solomon) and Ecclesiastes, largely because Proverbs and Ecclesiastes contain wisdom statements and Solomon has a reputation as a wise king, and Song of Songs mentions his name.

Scholars say that these books were written long after the time of Solomon, who therefore had no part in their writing. When read in Hebrew, it can be seen that Ecclesiastes even contains a few Persian words, something no possible until the time of the Babylonian Exile. Those who regard Song of Songs as having been written by King Solomon have to overlook the fact that it is written from the perspective of a female, not a proud male king, and scholars say it was once part of a post-Exilic operetta.

Answer 10

He only wrote at least two. Psalms 90 and 91.The Tehillim commentary states that Psalm 91 is the second Psalm Moses wrote.

Answer 2

Tradition states that Moses composed eleven Psalms (Psalms 90 through 100) (Rashi commentary, on Psalm 90:1).