The Texts and Versions of the Book of Ben Sira
Title | The Texts and Versions of the Book of Ben Sira PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Sébastien Rey |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2011-06-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 900420718X |
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.
Book of Ben Sira in Hebrew
Title | Book of Ben Sira in Hebrew PDF eBook |
Author | P.C. Beentjes |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2014-09-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004275924 |
This volume deals with the Hebrew texts of all nine manuscripts discovered between 1896 and 1982 of the Book of Ben Sira that is reckoned among the deuterocanonical biblical wisdom literature and was written in Jerusalem about 180 BCE. In the first part of this volume the Hebrew manuscripts are offered in facsimile, i.e. presenting the real textual state of the recovered texts. The second part of this volume offers in a more convenient and functional way than in former text editions a synopsis of all Hebrew Ben Sira texts which are available in more than one manuscript.
The Verbal System in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira
Title | The Verbal System in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira PDF eBook |
Author | Willem Th. van Peursen |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 484 |
Release | 2017-07-03 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9047412303 |
This volume is a revised and enlarged version of the author's Ph.D. dissertation (1999). It gives a comprehensive analysis of the morphosyntax and syntax of the tenses in the Hebrew text of Ben Sira. Due attention is paid to the heterogeneous character of the textual evidence (three manuscripts from the Desert of Judah and six mediaeval manuscripts from the Cairo Geniza), which complicates any linguistic study of Ben Sira. A descriptive analysis is complemented by a comparison with other contemporaneous, earlier, and later forms of Hebrew. It is argued that the Hebrew of Ben Sira is a literary language in its own right, rather than an imitation of Biblical Hebrew or a predecessor of Mishnaic Hebrew.
Studies in the Book of Ben Sira
Title | Studies in the Book of Ben Sira PDF eBook |
Author | Géza Xeravits |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2008-06-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004169067 |
The volume publishes the papers read at an international conference on the Book of Ben Sira, held at the Shime'on Centre, Pápa, Hungary. Renowned specialists of the field treat among others various questions of early Jewish wisdom thought, the interpretation of history, and canon forming.
The Originality of the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira in the Light of the Vocabulary and the Versions
Title | The Originality of the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira in the Light of the Vocabulary and the Versions PDF eBook |
Author | William Robert Taylor |
Publisher | Legare Street Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-07-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781019447512 |
An insightful and groundbreaking analysis of the Hebrew text of the Book of Ben Sira, a second-century BCE wisdom text that is part of the Old Testament Apocrypha. William Robert Taylor, a respected biblical scholar, examines the vocabulary, syntax, and stylistic features of the Hebrew text, as well as its relationship to the Greek and Syriac versions. With careful attention to the nuances of the text and its cultural context, The Originality of the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira is a significant contribution to the study of Jewish and Christian scripture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Book of Ben Sira in Hebrew
Title | The Book of Ben Sira in Hebrew PDF eBook |
Author | Pancratius Cornelis Beentjes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Bible |
ISBN | 9781589832367 |
The Wisdom of Ben Sira
Title | The Wisdom of Ben Sira PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick William Skehan |
Publisher | Anchor Bible |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Bible |
ISBN | 9780385510042 |
The Wisdom of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) contains the sayings of Ben Sira, arguably the last of Israel's wise men and its first professional scribe, whose world was defined and dominated by Greek ideas and ideals. This Hellenistic worldview challenged the adequacy of the religion passed down to the Palestinian Jews of the second century B.C.E. by their ancestors. Ben Sira's training in both Judaic and Hellenistic literary traditions prepared him to meet this challenge. He vigorously opposed any compromise of Jewish values; and his teachings bolstered the faith and confidence of his people. Through its elegant poetry and vehement exhortations, The Wisdom of Ben Sira exposes the ill effects of sinful behavior on one's health, status, and spiritual and material well-being. Ben Sira's rigorous code of moral behavior was the measure of Jewish faithfulness in an era of ethical and religious bankruptcy.