The Wisdom of Ben Sira : : Studies on Tradition, Redaction, and Theology /

The Wisdom of Ben Sira : : Studies on Tradition, Redaction, and Theology / / ed. by Angelo Passaro, Giuseppe Bellia.

Show other versions (1)

The Book of Sirach raises many questions: philological, exegetical, literary, historical, theological. There were even confessional questions which divided the traditions of synagogues and churches. It is, therefore, a fascinating book, located on the edges of the canon. Does the book attempt to rep...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
Beentjes, Pancratius C.,
Bellia, Giuseppe,
Calduch-Benages, Nuria,
Corley, Jeremy,
Di Lella, Alexander A.,
Gilbert, Maurice,
Liesen, Jan,
Manfredi, Silvana,
Minissale, Antonino,
Passaro, Angelo,
Pistone, Rosario,
Puech, Émile,
Reiterer, Friedrich Vincenz,
Rizzi, Giovanni,
HerausgeberIn:
Bellia, Giuseppe,
Passaro, Angelo,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies , 1
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (411 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • I-VIII
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Methodological and hermeneutical trends in modern exegesis on the
  • Book of Ben Sira
  • Searching for structure and redaction in Ben Sira. An investigation
  • of beginnings and endings
  • An historico-anthropological reading of the work of Ben Sira
  • Ben Sira and Qumran
  • The hymn to the creation (Sir 42:15–43:33): a polemic text?
  • “Full Wisdom is from the Lord“. Sir 1:1-10 and its place in Israel’s
  • Wisdom literature
  • The secrets of God. Investigation into Sir 3:21-24
  • The true sage or the Servant of the Lord (Sir 51:13-30 Gr)
  • A common background of Ben Sira and the Psalter. The concept of hrAT
  • in Sir 32:14-33:3 and the Torah Psalms
  • The interpretation of the Wisdom tradition of the Torah within Ben
  • Sira
  • Ben Sira’s doctrine on the discipline of the tongue. An intertextual
  • and synchronic analysis
  • The metaphor of “falling”: hermeneutic key to the Book of
  • Sirach
  • Christian interpretations in the syriac version of Sirach
  • Blessing of the sage, prophecy of the scribe: from Ben Sira to
  • Matthew
  • Sirach, or the metamorphosis of the sage
  • 375-414

Similar Items