The texts and versions of the Book of Ben Sira : transmission and interpretation / / edited by Jean-Sabastien Rey Jan Joosten.

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, v. 150
• TeilnehmendeR: Joosten, Jan.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 150.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; An Alternative Hebrew Form of Ben Sira: the Anthological Manuscript C /; Reconstructions and Retroversions: Chances and Challenges to the Hebrew Ben Sira Text /; Wordplay in the Hebrew to Ben Sira /; Animal Imagery in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sirach /; Translation Greek in Sirach in Light of the Grandson’s Prologue /; The Literary Attainment of the Translator of Greek Sirach /; Le métier de scribe — un métier différent : quelques réflexions à partir de la version grecque de Siracide 38–39 /; Ben Sira in the Syriac Tradition /; Archaic Elements in the Syriac Version of Ben Sira /; Christian Features in the Peshitta Text of Ben Sira: the Question of Dependency on the Syriac New Testament /; The Old Latin Version of Sirach: Editio Critica and Textual Problems /; La version latine de Ben Sira : état de la question, essai de classement thématique des « additions » /; The Additions to Ben Sira and the Book’s Multiform Textual Witness /; L’espérance post-mortem dans les différentes versions du Siracide /; La prière de Ben Sira dans les manuscrits hébreux et dans les versions anciennes /; La sagesse dans les béatitudes de Ben Sira : étude du texte de Si 51,13–30 et de Si 14,20–15,10 /; Index of Ancient Sources --; Index of Modern Authors.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 900420718X
• ISSN: 1384-2161
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Jean-Sabastien Rey Jan Joosten.

The Book of Ben Sira comes to us in a bewildering variety of ancient textual forms. Each version shows how the book was received and interpreted in a new situation and by another community of readers. The present volume contains studies by some of the best specialists in this field of research. Each of the ancient text forms of Ben Sira—Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, and Latin—is studied in its proper context and analysed in regard to what explains the typical changes it contains.