Scribal culture in Ben Sira /
In Scribal Culture in Ben Sira Lindsey A. Askin examines scribal culture as a framework for analysing features of textual referencing throughout the Book of Ben Sira (c.198-175 BCE), revealing new insights into how Ben Sira wrote his book of wisdom. Although the title of "scribe" is regula...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill.
c2018.
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Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism
184.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353275.
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Call Number: BS1765.52 .A85 2018
| Summary: | In Scribal Culture in Ben Sira Lindsey A. Askin examines scribal culture as a framework for analysing features of textual referencing throughout the Book of Ben Sira (c.198-175 BCE), revealing new insights into how Ben Sira wrote his book of wisdom. Although the title of "scribe" is regularly applied to Ben Sira, this designation presents certain interpretive challenges. Through comparative analysis, Askin contextualizes the sage's compositional style across historical, literary, and socio-cultural spheres of operation. New light is shed on Ben Sira's text and early Jewish textual reuse. Drawing upon physical and material evidence of reading and writing, Askin reveals the dexterity and complexity of Ben Sira's sustained textual reuse. Ben Sira's achievement thus demonstrates exemplary, "excellent" writing to a receptive audience. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 311 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004372863 |
| ISSN: | 1384-2161 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |