Praise Israel for wisdom and instruction : essays on Ben Sira and wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint /

Praise Israel for wisdom and instruction : essays on Ben Sira and wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint /

This book brings together fifteen articles representing the major thrusts of Prof. Wright's work over the last decade. They focus on three interrelated themes in the study of Early Judaism. (1) Translation. Several essays treat Jewish translation strategies as well as some of the social framewo...

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Main Author: Wright, Benjamin G.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 131.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004222717.

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Sirach <Buch>
Bible. > O.T. > Greek > Versions > Septuagint.
Bible. > O.T. > Apocrypha. > Ecclesiasticus > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Letter of Aristeas.
Weisheitsliteratur.
Wisdom literature > Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: BS1765.52 .W75 2008

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Chapter One. Wisdom and women at Qumran /
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  • Chapter Two. From generation to generation: The sage as father in early jewish literature /
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  • Chapter Three. The categories of rich and poor in the Qumran sapiential literature /
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  • Chapter Four. "Who has been tested by gold and found perfect?" Ben Sira's discourse of riches and poverty /
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  • Chapter Five. "Fear the Lord and honor the Priest": Ben Sira as defender of the jerusalem priesthood /
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  • Chapter Six. "Put the nations in fear of you": Ben Sira and the problem of foreign rule /
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  • Chapter Seven. Wisdom, instruction and social location in Ben Sira and 1 Enoch /
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  • Chapter Eight. Ben Sira on the sage as exemplar /
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  • Chapter Nine. B. Sanhedrin 100b and rabbinic knowledge of Ben Sira /
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  • Chapter Ten. The Jewish scriptures in greek: The septuagint in the context of ancient translation activity /
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  • Chapter Eleven. עבד/ΔΟΥΛΟΣ-Terms and social status in the meeting of hebrew biblical and hellenistic-roman culture /
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  • Chapter Twelve. Access to the source: Cicero, Ben Sira, the Septuagint and their audiences /
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  • Chapter Thirteen. The letter of Aristeas and the reception history of the Septuagint /
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  • Chapter Fourteen. Translation as scripture: The Septuagint in Aristeas and Philo /
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  • Chapter Fifteen. Three jewish ritual practices in Aristeas §§158-160 /
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  • Index of passages /
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  • Index of subjects /
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