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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... describes his personal search for wisdom ( 51 : 13-22 ) and issues an invitation to study at his wisdom school ( 51 : 23-30 ) . Ben Sira's quest for wisdom began in the prayer of petition ( " I sought wisdom openly in my prayer . " 51 ...
... describes in detail the activities of the good wife while she runs the household as an effective manager ( 31 : 13-20 ) . She even sees to the needs of all her house- hold members ( including servants and slaves ) , and so is rightly ...
... describes the remarkable ingenuity and skill that humans show in finding gold and precious stones . Then it raises the real question of the poem and of the entire book : " But where shall wisdom be found ? And where is the place of ...
... describes his possessions in terms remi- niscent of the description of Solomon in 1 Kings . But then the device of identifying Qoheleth and Solomon fades away , and the book presents itself as what it really is : the memoirs of an ...
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