The texts and versions of the Book of Ben Sira : transmission and interpretation /

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

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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...

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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.
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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.

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