book’s content to Solomon is not pseudepigraphic; his reasons include the similarities of the book of Proverbs to the contemporaneous Egyptian text The Instruction of Amenemope (which is not regarded as a pseudegraph), the probable presence of Israelite

In the first volume of Waltke’s commentary on the book of Proverbs, the reader is presented with a study both erudite and insightful, fascinating and challenging. Waltke comments in his introduction that he has been engaging with this biblical book for over a quarter of a century; as one works through his commentary, it quickly becomes clear that this has been time well spent, for Waltke has produced a study that is not only of great help simply with regard to understanding Proverbs but that also contributes to the continuing scholarly discussion on wisdom as a genre and the analysis of Hebrew poetry.