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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... references and index . ISBN 10 : 0-8146-5212-3 ( pbk .: alk . paper ) 1. Bible . O.T. Apocrypha . Ecclesiasticus - Criticism , interpretation , etc. I. Title . II . Series : Interfaces ( Collegeville , Minn . ) BS1765.52.H37 229'.406 ...
... Sira's Social World 84 CHAPTER SIX Ben Sira's Abiding Wisdom 100 For Reference and Further Study 133 Index of Principal Ancient Texts 136 Index of Subjects 140 Index of Authors 142 PREFACE The book you hold in your hand is one.
... reference resource as our discussion proceeds . Then it will treat various literary , cultural - historical , and theological topics from the methodological perspectives of form criti- cism , social description , and biblical theology ...
... reference to humans occasionally distorts Ben Sira's ( and his grandson's ) male - oriented and pa- triarchal language . Where there is danger of a serious misunderstanding of Ben Sira's point , I will make note of it . Conclusion This ...
... reference to these events or to any other events in ancient Israel's history . Many scholars suppose that the prologue ( chs . 1-2 ) and the epilogue ( ch . 42 ) constituted an earlier prose narrative ( supporting the law of retribution ) ...