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Dear Jim:

Traditionally,  (at least until the 19th century) Ecclesisastes was regarded
to be of Solomonic authorship,  by the Jews in the Talmud (Megilla 7a,
Shabbath 30). 
Internally the book seems to speak of one who:

1. Was of royal lineage (1:1)
2. Had great wisdom (1:16)
3. Had  great wealth (2:8)
4. Was involved in great building projects (2:4-6)
5. Posessed a huge retinue of servants (2:7)

Gleason Archer and Walter Kaiser are both two who argue for Solomonic
authorship for the book, along with Merrill Unger.




At 03:56 PM 10/3/96 -0400, you wrote:
>A fellow I know keeps inisisting that there is MSS evidence which attributes
>Qoheleth to Solomon.  This is, of course, pure poppycock.  Yet in an effort
>to be thorough I thought I would throw out the line and see if anyone has
>ever heard of any such manuscript evidence.
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Jim
>
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>Jim West
>Petros TN
>
>
>

Kevin W. Woodruff
Reference Librarian
Cierpke Memorial Library
Temple Baptist Seminary
Tennessee Temple University
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423/493-4252 (phone) 423/493-4497 (FAX)
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