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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... tion in understanding and knowledge " ) . And he claims that he is indeed the real author of this book ( " whose mind poured forth wisdom " ) . Since the book of Sirach is the source of all we know about Jesus Ben Sira we are neces ...
... tion " ( 51:23 ) . From the bulk of Ben Sira's book we can deduce that the cur- riculum combined traditional wisdom teachings ( proverbs , parables , etc. ) and biblical studies ( the revealed wisdom of the Hebrew Scriptures ) . While ...
... tion while adapting the Hebrew text to the rules and limitations of the Greek language . Texts and Translations of the Book The Greek translation of Sirach prepared by the author's grandson be- came the primary ( canonical ) text among ...
... tion to the international wisdom movement well represented in ancient lit- erature from Mesopotamia and Egypt . The Jewish authors struggled to integrate the secular perspectives of the international wisdom movement into their ...
... tion of Amen - em - opet . " The parallels are so many and striking that it ap- pears that the biblical writer had access to something like the Egyptian text as a source . For example , the second " chapter " in " Amen - em - opet ...