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person belonging to his time. Dr Kennicot and some writers
coming after him had the opinion that the claim of its being
written by Solomon was historically wrong and that it was written
a long time after his death. Theodore, a missionary who lived in
the fifth century AD, strictly condemned this book and the Book of
Job, while Simon and Leclerc did not acknowledge it as a genuine
book. Whiston said that it was a foul song and should be
excluded from the holy books of the Old Testament. Some others
have made the same judgement about it. Semler holds it as a
forged and fabricated book. The Catholic, Ward, has pointed out
that Castilio declared it to be a vile song and decided that it
should be excluded from the books of the Old Testament.
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coming after him had the opinion that the claim of its being
written by Solomon was historically wrong and that it was written
a long time after his death. Theodore, a missionary who lived in
the fifth century AD, strictly condemned this book and the Book of
Job, while Simon and Leclerc did not acknowledge it as a genuine
book. Whiston said that it was a foul song and should be
excluded from the holy books of the Old Testament. Some others
have made the same judgement about it. Semler holds it as a
forged and fabricated book. The Catholic, Ward, has pointed out
that Castilio declared it to be a vile song and decided that it
should be excluded from the books of the Old Testament.
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