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 /

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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Other Authors: Joosten, Jan., Rey, Jean-Sébastien.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 150.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004222748.

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Bible. > O.T. > Apocrypha. > Ecclesiasticus > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > O.T. > Apocrypha. > Ecclesiasticus > Versions.

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Call Number: BS1765.52 .T49 2011

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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.