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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... Sirach and Jewish wisdom teacher of the late third and early second century B.C.E ) communicated his wisdom teachings , which psycho- logical and sociological assumptions underlay his teachings , and what they might contribute to the ...
... Sirach ( also known as Ecclesiasticus ) . He wrote in Hebrew . About sixty years later his grandson , living in Egypt , decided to make a Greek translation of his grandfather's book . The Greek version eventually be- came part of the ...
... Sirach , however , there is good reason to as- sume on the basis of what is said in 50:27 ( " Instruction in understanding and knowledge I have written in this book , Jesus son of Eleazar son of Sirach of Jerusalem , whose mind poured ...
... Sirach refer to or even allude to contemporary historical events is a matter of great debate among scholars . It is enough for our purposes to provide a brief sketch of Second Temple Jewish history as a context for an initial appreci ...
... Sirach was a Jewish wisdom teacher active in Jerusalem in the early second century B.c.e. Near the end of his book according to the Greek version the author identifies himself by name : " Jesus son of Eleazar son of Sirach 4 Jesus Ben ...