Studies in the Book of Ben Sira

by Xeravits, Geza G.; Zsengeller, Jozsef

• ISBN13: 9789004169067
• ISBN10: 9004169067
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-15
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

The volume publishes the papers read at an international conference on the Book of Ben Sira, held at the Shime'on Centre, Pápa, Hungary. Renowned specialists of the field treat among others various questions of early Jewish wisdom thought, the interpretation of history, and canon forming.

Table of Contents

Introductory Matters
The Vetus Latina of Ecclesiasticus	p. 1
The Coptic Version(s) of the Book of Jesus Sirach	p. 11
Where Does Ben Sira Belong? The Canon, Literary Genre, Intellectual Movement, and Social Group of a Zadokite Document	p. 21
The Pre-eminence of the Hebrew Language and the Emerging Concept of the "Ideal Text" in Late Second Temple Judaism	p. 43
"The Law, the Prophets, and the Other Books of the Fathers" (Sir, Prologue) Canonical Lists in Ben Sira and Elsewhere?	p. 55
The Wisdom Teaching of Ben Sira
"Cut Her Away from your Flesh." Divorce in Ben Sira	p. 81
Das Verhaltnis der [actual symbol not reproducible] zur [actual symbol not reproducible] im Buch Ben Sira. Kriterien zur gegenseitigen Bestimmung	p. 97
Does Wisdom Come from the Temple? Ben Sira's Attitude to the Temple of Jerusalem	p. 135
The Praise of the Fathers
Sirach 44:1-15 as Introduction to the Praise of the Ancestors	p. 151
The Use and Interpretation of Biblical Tradition in Ben Sira's Praise of the Ancestors	p. 183
Ben Sira 44:19-23 - The Patriarchs. Text, Tradition, Theology	p. 209
Noah in the Praise of the Fathers: The Flood Story in Nuce	p. 229
Index of Modern Authors	p. 245
Index of Cited Passages	p. 250
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