The question may, however, be fairly raised whether the proverbs, though as a whole not solomonic, may yet be pre-exilic; and here two questions must be kept apart-the date of the individual proverbs and the date of the collections or of the book as a whole.
"Introduction to the Old Testament"
John Edgar McFadyen
Ewald assigns this poem to the northern kingdom, which had separated itself from Judah chiefly in reaction from the solomonic innovations.
"The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible"
R. Heber Newton
Moreover, modern Freemasonry is entirely built up on the solomonic, or rather the Hiramic legend.
"Secret Societies And Subversive Movements"
Nesta H. Webster