Sirach

Sirach is a book that raises a very distinctive set of problems. What should we call it (Sirach, Ecclesiasticus, Ben Sira)? What is the relation between the traditional Greek text and the recently rediscovered Hebrew parts of the book? Where did it stand in relation to Jewish tradition and the... Full description

Main Author: Coggins, R. J.
Published: Sheffield, UK : Sheffield Academic Press, 1998
Series: Guides to Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
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Online Access: Full text - Book opens through link in DTL
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Table of Contents:
  • Structure and contents
  • The languages of the book
  • The social and religious background of Sirach
  • Sirach within Judaism
  • Use of "Scripture"
  • Setting : the development of the wisdom tradition
  • Praise of the ancestors
  • Attitude to women
  • Theological themes.