Scribal culture in Ben Sira /

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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Main Author: Askin, Lindsey A.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill. c2018.

Series: 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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Bible. > Ecclesiasticus > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Ecclesiasticus > Comparative studies.
Bible. > Ecclesiasticus.
Comparative studies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: BS1765.52 .A85 2018

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Tools and Techniques of Scribal Culture: Materiality and Physicality of Reading and Writing
  • Noah and Phinehas: Originality and Textual Reuse
  • Hezekiah-Isaiah and Josiah: Multiple Source Handling and Harmonization
  • On Weather: Nature-Lists and Ben Sira's Use of Psalms and Job
  • Death and the Body: Echoes of Job, Qohelet, and Ancient Perspectives
  • The Physician and Piety: Textual Reuse and Perspectives on Medicine
  • Conclusions
  • Back Matter
  • Editions and Translations Used
  • Bibliography.