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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... Instruction in understanding and knowledge I have written in this book , Jesus son of Eleazar son of Sirach of Jerusalem , whose mind poured forth wisdom " ) that the implied author and the real author are one and the same person . In ...
... instruction , " 51:16 ) and living in an appropriate manner ( " in my conduct I was strict , " 51:19 ) . However , in his mind the quest was well worth the ef- fort , since he eventually found delight in wisdom ( " my heart delighted in ...
... instruction " ) in Jerusalem in the early second century B.c.e. He arrived at his position through divine enlightenment and disciplined study . He had searched for wisdom and found it , and so he invited younger people to join him in ...
... instructions about wisdom ( chs . 1-9 ) and ex- amples of wisdom generally expressed in short sayings ( " proverbs " ) that encapsulate practical wisdom based on experience and intended to guide one through the everyday ( chs . 10-31 ) ...
... instructions ( the Sermon on the Mount and the letter of James ) . Proverbs The book of Proverbs is in fact a collection of several smaller wisdom texts.2 The whole collection is placed under the patronage of Solomon in the opening ...