Jesus Ben Sira of Jerusalem: A Biblical Guide to Living WiselyLiturgical Press, 2005 - 142 pagini Questions of vocation and character formation become important to students as they continue to receive higher education. Jesus Ben Sira combines secular wisdom from Near Eastern wisdom sources and divine revelations from the Hebrew Bible to create the Book of Sirach. By applying form criticism to Ben Sira's book, Daniel J. Harrington provides students with historical information of the psychological and sociological context underlying Ben Sira's teachings, as well as an understanding of how Ben Sira's ancient wisdom can contribute to personal and social formation in the 21st century. Chapters include Ben Sira and His Book, Ben Sira and Other Wisdom Books, Reading Ben Sira's Book, Ben Sira's Ways of Teaching, Ben Sira's Social World, Ben Sira's Abiding Wisdom, as well as references, suggestions for further study, and an index. Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., Ph.D., is a professor of New Testament at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has written numerous scholarly works, including Paul on the Mystery of Israel, The Gospel of Matthew, and The Gospel According to Matthewpublished by the Liturgical Press. This book is part of the series Interfaces. |
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... God will give you your reward " ( 51:30 ) . At various points in his book Ben Sira uses first person singular ( " I " ) language to describe the quest for wisdom and the role of the wisdom teacher . In 33 : 16-19 he compares himself to ...
... God of Israel in nature , the Torah , and history . As a wisdom teacher Ben Sira generally follows the literary conven- tions of Jewish and ancient Near Eastern wisdom teachers . His basic method of communication is through short ...
... God . The Jewish wisdom writers took King Solomon as their exem- plar and " patron saint . " According to 1 Kings 4 : 29-34 God gave Solomon " very great wisdom , discernment , and breadth of understanding . . . so that Solomon's wisdom ...
... God of Israel . The sayings are based on personal or communal experiences or ob- servations and often communicate through comparisons taken from every- day life : " Like vinegar to the teeth , and smoke to the eyes , so are the lazy to ...
... God hears the cries of the poor and takes their side adds a new dimension to the secular wisdom tradition . Proverbs ends in 31 : 10-31 with the Poem about the Ideal Wife . This poem was probably an originally independent piece added to ...