The book of Ben Sira in rabbinic literature

The Book of Ben Sira is a wisdom composition written in Hebrew toward the beginning of the second century BCE. It is well preserved in a Greek translation that, according to its prologue, was done by the author’s grandson, and a Syriac translation of a few hundred years later is preserved in the Pes...

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Subtitles:Research Article
Main Author: Labendz, Jenny R. 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2006]
In: AJS review
Year: 2006, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 347-392
Further subjects:B Babylonian Talmud
B Syriac Literature
B Wisdom
B Bibliographic citations
B Rabbis
B Christianity
B Wisdom Literature
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Summary:The Book of Ben Sira is a wisdom composition written in Hebrew toward the beginning of the second century BCE. It is well preserved in a Greek translation that, according to its prologue, was done by the author’s grandson, and a Syriac translation of a few hundred years later is preserved in the Peshitta. Between fragments found at Masada and in the Cairo Geniza, some 60 percent of the book survives in Hebrew.
ISSN:1475-4541
Contains:Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0364009406000171