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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- An Alternative Hebrew Form of Ben Sira: the Anthological Manuscript C / Jeremy Corley -- Reconstructions and Retroversions: Chances and Challenges to the Hebrew Ben Sira Text / Pancratius C. Beentjes -- Wordplay in the Hebrew to Ben Sira / Eric D. Reymond -- Animal Imagery in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sirach / Nuria Calduch-Benages -- Translation Greek in Sirach in Light of the Grandson’s Prologue / Benjamin G. Wright III -- The Literary Attainment of the Translator of Greek Sirach / J. K. Aitken -- Le métier de scribe — un métier différent : quelques réflexions à partir de la version grecque de Siracide 38–39 / Fran.oise Vinel -- Ben Sira in the Syriac Tradition / Wido van Peursen -- Archaic Elements in the Syriac Version of Ben Sira / Jan Joosten -- Christian Features in the Peshitta Text of Ben Sira: the Question of Dependency on the Syriac New Testament / Robert J. Owens -- The Old Latin Version of Sirach: Editio Critica and Textual Problems / Anthony J Forte -- La version latine de Ben Sira : état de la question, essai de classement thématique des « additions » / Thierry Legrand -- The Additions to Ben Sira and the Book’s Multiform Textual Witness / Jason Gile -- L’espérance post-mortem dans les différentes versions du Siracide / Jean-Sébastien Rey -- La prière de Ben Sira dans les manuscrits hébreux et dans les versions anciennes / Maria Carmela Palmisano -- La sagesse dans les béatitudes de Ben Sira : étude du texte de Si 51,13–30 et de Si 14,20–15,10 / Émile Puech -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.