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In spite of King Solomon's name being included in the text as an author of the Book of Proverbs, we simply do not know who contributed to the book, but scholars have identified several distinct sections in Proverbs:

  • 1:1-9:18 - probably post-exilic
  • 10:1-22:16 - probably earlier than the first section
  • 22:17-24:22 - probably post-exilic
  • 24:23-2425:1-29:27 - dated to the reign of King Hezekiah, but may include older material
  • 30:1-31:31 - probably the work of editors and therefore post-exilic

Most of the material was contributed during and after the Babylonian Exile, with very little material being dated prior to King Hezekiah. However, some of the contributions seem to have originated in ancient Egyptian sayings.

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