For Wisdom's Sake : : Collected Essays on the Book of Ben Sira / / Nuria Calduch-Benages.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• VerfasserIn: Calduch-Benages, Nuria,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 499
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVII, 337 p.)

This volume brings together twenty-four articles of Prof. Calduch-Benages' work on the book of Ben Sira over the last two decades. Some were written originally in English and others have been translated from Spanish and Italian originals. They are divided in three groups: introductory, thematic...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• First Publications
• Abbreviations
• Part I. Introductory Questions
• Ben Sira and the Canon of the Scriptures
• Sirach and Inspiration
• Part II. Thematic Essays
• Trial Motif in the Book of Ben Sira with Special Reference to Sir 2,1–6
• Fear of the Powerful or Respect for Authority in Sirach
• “Cut Her Away from Your Flesh”: Divorce in Ben Sira
• Animal Imagery in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira
• The Absence of Named Women from Ben Sira’s Praise of the Ancestors
• Polygamy in Ben Sira?
• Good and Bad Wives in the Book of Ben Sira: A Harmless Classification?
• Garment Imagery in the Book of Ben Sira
• The Exodus Traditions in the Book of Ben Sira
• Part III. Essays on Specific Passages
• Amid Trials: Ben Sira 2,1 and James 1,2
• A Wordplay on the Term mûsar (Sir 6,22)
• Poetic Imagery in the Book of Ben Sira: A Case Study of Sir 21,1–10
• Emotions in the Prayer of Sir 22,27–23,6
• Ben Sira 23,27—A Pivotal Verse
• Ben Sira 24,22—Decoding a Metaphor
• Dreams and Folly in Sir 31(34Hb),1–8
• The Hymn to Creation (Sir 42,15–43,33): A Polemic Text?
• God, Creator of All (Sir 43,27–33)
• Bibliography
• Index of Authors
• Index of References
• Index of Subjects