Ben Sira in Conversation with Traditions
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Ben Sira in Conversation with Traditions

A Festschrift for Prof. NĂșria Calduch-Benages on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday

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Ben Sira in Conversation with Traditions

A Festschrift for Prof. NĂșria Calduch-Benages on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday

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This volume of essays on Ben Sira is a Festschrift on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Prof. Nuria Calduch-Benages.

The volume gathers the latest studies on Ben Sira's relationship with other Jewish traditions. With a variety of methods and approaches, the volume explores Ben Sira's interpretation of received traditions, his views on the prevailing issues of his time, and the subsequent reception of his work.

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2022
ISBN
9783110762181
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Ancient Religion

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Select Bibliography
  5. Contributors
  6. Part I: Ben Sira in Conversation with the Torah
  7. The Creation of Humanity in HebrewWisdom Literature of the Second Century BCE
  8. Torah, Paideia, and Sophia in Ben Sira
  9. Ben Sira’s Portrayal of Aaron and Phinehas (Sir 45:6–25): An Interaction between Tradition and Innovation
  10. “Do Not Defraud the Life of the Poor”: Notes on the Greek of Sir 4:1–10
  11. Part II: Ben Sira in Conversation with the Prophets
  12. Ben Sira and Ezekiel
  13. “Bread to the Hungry and Clothes to the Naked”: A History of a Prophetic- Sapiential Motif from Tobit to the Syriac of Ben Sira
  14. The Metaphor of a Woman Giving Birth: The Book of Ben Sira in the Light of Prophetic Literature
  15. Banquet of Life in Ben Sira and Hosea: Intertextual Links between Sir 24:12–23 and Hos 14:5–10
  16. Part III: Ben Sira in Conversation with Wisdom Traditions
  17. “Yet, No One Remembered that Poor Man”: Qoheleth and Ben Sira on the Wisdom of the Poor
  18. Living with Wild Animals: A Study of the Imagery in Sir 25:15–16
  19. Keywords: women/wives, animal imagery, metaphors, Ben Sira, anger
  20. Family Ethos and Wise Behavior in Proverbs, Sirach, and Vietnamese Folk Sayings
  21. Part IV: Ben Sira in Coversation with Some of the Literature of the Second Temple
  22. Jerusalem in the Books of Tobit and Ben Sira
  23. Wisdom in Disguise and the Heroism of Widows: Ben Sira and Judean Traditions (Sir 4:1–19)
  24. Path Dependence and Institutional Change: The Portrayal of Alcimus and Jonathan as High Priests in 1 Maccabees
  25. A Devilish Parallel: Sir 15:14 in its Hebrew Reception
  26. Part V: Later Authors in Conversation with the Book of Ben Sira
  27. The Book of Ben Sira From a Reception- Historical Perspective: Hubert Frankemölle’s Commentary on the Letter of James
  28. Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, and Slow to Anger (Jas 1:19 and Sir 5:11)
  29. Reliability and Gentleness: Moses, Jesus, and the Disciple
  30. “Useful for Instruction”: The Popularity of Sirach in Christian Egypt
  31. M. H. Segal (1875–1968) and his Abiding Interest in Ben Sira
  32. Index of References
  33. Index of Authors