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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... happiness , etc. ) into the frame- work of biblical Judaism . Wisdom ( written at Alexandria in the 1st century B.c.e. ) is more a book about wisdom rather than a book of wisdom . It chiefly concerns the nature of wisdom and wisdom's ...
... happiness ( Lady Wisdom ) or to folly and perdition ( Dame Folly ) respectively . These poems also integrate the standard secular wisdom vocabulary and concerns . with the traditional Jewish religious vocabulary : " The fear of the Lord ...
... happiness as futile , the law of retribution as inadequate and not justified by experience , and death as the great equalizer casting its shadow over all human endeavors . The presence of this book in the Jewish and Christian canons of ...
... happiness , however limited it may be , is to live life in moderation and enjoy the simple pleasures that come your way . For him God seems distant and even uninvolved in human existence , and it is nearly impossible for humans to ...
... happiness by living according to wisdom teachings . Both writers are vague about life after death . How- ever , Ben Sira is more positive about life here and now , perhaps because he avoids the challenges Qoheleth raises about the ...