Assignment:
Answer each of the questions posed below. To help you with the questions, use Sefaria to find at least two rabbinic commentaries that help to answer these questions. Add the sources below the relevant verse(s), and explain why you chose them.
מִ֭שְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בֶן־דָּוִ֑ד מֶ֝֗לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
גַּם־אֵ֭לֶּה מִשְׁלֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶ֝עְתִּ֗יקוּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י ׀ חִזְקִיָּ֬ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָֽה׃
These too are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied:
דִּבְרֵ֤י ׀ אָג֥וּר בִּן־יָקֶ֗ה הַמַּ֫שָּׂ֥א נְאֻ֣ם הַ֭גֶּבֶר לְאִֽיתִיאֵ֑ל לְאִ֖יתִיאֵ֣ל וְאֻכָֽל׃
The words of Agur son of Jakeh, [man of] Massa; The speech of the man to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
דִּ֭בְרֵי לְמוּאֵ֣ל מֶ֑לֶךְ מַ֝שָּׂ֗א אֲֽשֶׁר־יִסְּרַ֥תּוּ אִמּֽוֹ׃
The words of Lemuel, king of Massa, with which his mother admonished him:
Questions:
1. What do you think the final editor of Mishlei was trying to communicate with this addition of these chapter headings?
2. Based on these verses, who do you think wrote Mishlei? Why?
דִּבְרֵי֙ קֹהֶ֣לֶת בֶּן־דָּוִ֔ד מֶ֖לֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
The words of Koheleth son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Question:
3. Who do you think wrote Kohelet?