Studies in the book of Ben Sira : papers of the Third International Conference on the Deuterocanonical books, Shime'on Centre, Papa, Hungary, 18-20 May, 2006 / / edited by Geza G. Xeravits, Jozsef Zsengeller.

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, v. 127
• Author: International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books Papa, Hungary)
• TeilnehmendeR: Xeravits, Geza G.; Zsengeller, Jozsef.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English; German
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 127.
• Physical Description: xiii, 267 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

The vetus latina of Ecclesiasticus / Maurice Gilbert -- The Coptic version(s) of the Book of Jesus Sirach / Frank Feder -- Where does Ben Sira belong? The canon, literary genre, intellectual movement, and social group of a Zadokite document / Gabriele Boccaccini -- The pre-eminence of the Hebrew language and the emerging concept of the "ideal text" in late second temple Judaism / Stefan Schorch -- "The law, the prophets, and the other books of the Fathers" (Sir, prologue) : canonical lists in Ben Sira and elsewhere? / Armin Lange -- "Cut her away from your flesh." Divorce in Ben Sira / Nuria Calduch-Benages -- Das Verhaltnis der hmkhh zur hdvt im Buch Ben Sira. Kriterien zur gegenseitigen Bestimmung / Friedrich V. Reiterer -- Does wisdom come from the temple? Ben Sira's attitude to the temple of Jerusalem / Jozsef Zsengeller -- Sirach 44:1-15 as introduction to the Praise of the ancestors / Jeremy Corley -- The use and interpretation of biblical tradition in Ben Sira's Praise of the ancestors / Benjamin G. Wright III -- Ben Sira 44:19-23--the patriarchs, text, tradition, theology / Pancratiusi C. Beentjes -- Noah in the praise of the Fathers : the flood story in nuce / Matthias Weigold.