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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... wisdom teacher of the late third and early second century B.C.E ) communicated his wisdom teachings , which psycho- logical and sociological assumptions underlay his teachings , and what they might contribute to the personal and social ...
... Wisdom Books 12 CHAPTER THREE Reading Ben Sira's Book 30 CHAPTER FOUR Ben Sira's Ways of Teaching 65 CHAPTER FIVE Ben Sira's Social World 84 CHAPTER SIX Ben Sira's Abiding Wisdom 100 For Reference and Further Study 133 Index of ...
... wisdom teacher named Jesus Ben Sira . He lived and worked in Jerusalem in the late third and early sec- ond century B.c.e. There he taught young men who wanted to become like him — a scribe , someone who not only could read and write ...
... wisdom " ) that the implied author and the real author are one and the same person . In that verse the author tells us his name , where he lived , and what kind of book he wrote ( " instruc- tion in understanding and knowledge " ) . And ...
... wisdom and the Hebrew Bible , and he saw his vocation to be handing on those traditions to the next genera- tions . However , Ben Sira's instinctive conservatism and traditionalism were balanced by his creativity and innovation in ...