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There are 150 psalms in The Bible, and all of them were written by unknown authors over a period of some two hundred years during and after the Babylonian Exile.
Tradition says that many of the psalms were written by Kings David and Solomon and their contemporaries, but there is no evidence of this in the relevant psalms, and scholars say that the psalms are a literary genre unknown at the time attributed to David and Solomon. Moreover, many of the psalms traditionally said to be written by David and Solomon can only be explained in the context of the Babylonian Exile. Unsupported tradition should be put aside so that it can be recognised that the psalms were of much more recent origin and all written anonymously.
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Who wrothe the book of psalms in the Bilble?
The book of Psalms is an ancient song-book, so it includes contributions from many authors. Some of these include King David, Asaph, and Moses. Many of the Psalms have unknown authorship.
Who is David that wrote the book of Psalms?
Many of the psalms are traditionally attributed to the legendary King David who is believed to have lived around 1000 BCE. However this is an attribution only, and there is nothing in the psalms themselves that points to David. Scholars say that the psalms were a literary genre unknown at the time of David, and that they were really written over a period of more than two hundred years, during and after the Babylonian Exile. The authors were anonymous, but clearly no one person could have written all the psalms over such a long period.
Did David write 73 of the Psalms?
Biblical tradition says that King David wrote many of the psalms. However, scholars say that the psalms were a genre unknown at the time attributed to David. They say that the psalms were really written much later, during the Babylonian Exile and up to two hundred years afterwards.
Is there a list of who wrote which psalm?
AnswerTradition attributes many of the psalms to the kings David and Solomon, and some Bibles contain individual attributions for each of the psalms.However, scholars say that the psalms were a genre that did not exist at the time of David and Solomon. They say that the psalms were actually written over a period of more than two centuries, during and after the Babylonian Exile, by anonymous authors. We do not know anything about these authors or what their names were.
How many Psalms in the book of Psalms was written by moses?
Psalm 90 is the only one we know for sure.
