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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... nature . These events must have been greatly disturbing to him , though he makes no obvious direct comments on them in his book ( thus suggesting that it was already written before these events took place ) . Ben Sira and His Book As we ...
... nature , the Torah , and history . As a wisdom teacher Ben Sira generally follows the literary conven- tions of Jewish and ancient Near Eastern wisdom teachers . His basic method of communication is through short sayings of two members ...
... nature of the book , the problem of translating it , and the process of the translation . The writer of the prologue speaks about " my grandfather Jesus , " and so the Greek translator identifies himself as the author's grandson . The ...
... nature of wisdom and wisdom's role in biblical history and life today instead of giving practical advice about living wisely . Since these books will be major sources in our " Interfaces " with the book of Sirach in Chapter 6 and ...
... nature of the " mystery " remains elusive . It is probably not identical with the Torah , nor is it necessarily a particular book ( the " Book of Meditation , " or the " Rule of the Community " ) . Rather , it seems to be analogous to ...