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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... served . No part of this book may be reproduced in any form , by print , microfilm , microfiche , mechanical recording , photocopying , translation , or by any other means , known or yet unknown , for any purpose except brief quotations ...
... serve as its warp and weft . What would emerge fresh if a Deuteronomistic History class were organized around King Saul , Queen Jezebel , and the two women who petitioned their nameless monarch ? How is Jesus ' ministry thrown into ...
... serve as both a guide to reading the book and a reference resource as our discussion proceeds . Then it will treat various literary , cultural - historical , and theological topics from the methodological perspectives of form criti ...
... serve as " scribes " -not simply those who can read and write competently , but also and especially those who are preparing to exer- cise public leadership ( see 38 : 24-39 : 11 ) . At his school in Jerusalem , Ben Sira specialized in ...
... served as the basis for the Syriac version , and was copied at least up to the eleventh and twelfth centuries . However , the Hebrew form of the book of Sirach became increasingly marginalized among Jews , per- haps in reaction to the ...