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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... begins in the prayer of petition for the gift of wisdom , so 2 For this interpretation see Patrick W. Skehan and Alexander A. Di Lella , The Wisdom of Ben Sira . AB 39 ( Garden City , NY : Doubleday , 1987 ) 3 . it ends in the prayer of ...
... begins by issuing an invitation to the " uneducated " to " lodge in my house of instruc- tion " ( 51:23 ) . From the bulk of Ben Sira's book we can deduce that the cur- riculum combined traditional wisdom teachings ( proverbs , parables ...
... begins by reflecting on what a great help to her husband this capable woman is ( 31 : 10-12 ) , and then describes in detail the activities of the good wife while she runs the household as an effective manager ( 31 : 13-20 ) . She even ...
... begins to complain about his situation and to raise questions about it they feel compelled to enter into debate with him . The subject of their debate is what is often called theodicy ; that is , the effort to explain , justify ...
... begin with second - person singular impera- tive or a prohibition ( " you shall not " ) . Much of the work's content is typi- cal of Jewish wisdom literature as seen in Proverbs and Sirach . There are treatments of money matters ...