most scholars believe that solomon was the writer of at least part of the book. other authors are mentioned as well, but these references are missing in the greek septuagint. the septuagint sees king solomon as the author of the whole book of proverbs. in the middle ages, scholars thought the vulgate was a more faithful rendering of 30:1 and 31:1. in their eyes the words "agur" and "lamuel" were only other names for solomon.