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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... and stimulating for your own teaching and learning . Barbara Green , o.p. INTERFACES Series Editor May 16 , 2005 Berkeley , California : ABBREVIATIONS AB BJS BZAW CBQ JSJSup SBLDS SBLMS SP TBT viii Jesus Ben Sira of Jerusalem.
... 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 but also was well versed in the wisdom of the ancient Near East ...
... Jerusalem , whose mind poured forth 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 ...
... Jerusalem in the late third century and early second century B.c.e. 1 If he composed his book around 180 B.c.e. ... Jerusalem ( see Isaiah 40-55 ) . The rebuilding of Jerusalem and its Temple as well as the restoration of the Jewish ...
... Jerusalem and issued in the revolt led by the Jewish Maccabee family in 164 B.c.e. ( see Daniel , and 1 and 2 Maccabees ) . If he wrote his book around 180 B.c.e. , Ben Sira of Jerusalem would certainly have experienced the transition ...