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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... poem at the very end of the book ( 51 : 13-30 ) Ben Sira 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 ...
... poem ( 51 : 23-30 ) is an kind of advertisement or " info - mercial " for Ben Sira's wisdom school . He begins by issuing an invitation to the " uneducated " to " lodge in my house of instruc- tion " ( 51:23 ) . From the bulk of Ben ...
... J. Clifford , Proverbs . Old Testament Library ( Louisville : Westminster John Knox , 1999 ) ; and Michael V. Fox , Proverbs 1-9 , AB 19A ( New York : Doubleday , 2000 ) . ( 1 : 1 ) . The Wisdom Poems in Ben Sira and Other Wisdom Books | ...
... poem about the Ideal Wife ( 31 : 10-31 ) . The Wisdom Poems in the first nine chapters are generally regarded as from the early post - exilic period : that is , from the 6th to the 4th cen- turies B.c.e. They offer readers the key ...
... Poem about the Ideal Wife . This poem was probably an originally independent piece added to the anthology as a kind of " bookend " to the portrayals of Lady Wisdom and Dame Folly in the first nine chapters . It is an acrostic , with ...