TESTAMENTS OF THE XII. PATRIARCHS.) Psalms of Solomon.—The ascription to Solomon is due solely to the copyists or translators, for no such claim is made in any of the psalms. On the whole, Ryle and James are no doubt right in assigning 70-40 B.C. as the limits within which the psalms were written. The authors were Pharisees. Since the Psalms were writ ten in Hebrew and intended for public worship in the synagogues, it is most probable that they were composed in Palestine. (See