Let Me Praise! – Let Us Praise! – Who Will Praise the Ancestors?: In Search of Scribal Activity and Influences in the Opening Section of the Praise of the Ancestors
This article investigates the different textual versions of the opening section of the Praise of the Ancestors in the book of Ben Sira (Sir 44-50). It highlights traces of scribal activity which happened either deliberately or unconsciously and thereby illustrates how transmitters and translators di...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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Henoch
Year: 2020, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 281-298 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Scribe
/ Bible. Jesus Sirach 44
/ Praise
/ Ancestors
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Textual structuring
B Praise of the fathers B Textual modifications B Ben Sira B Multidimensional texts |
| Summary: | This article investigates the different textual versions of the opening section of the Praise of the Ancestors in the book of Ben Sira (Sir 44-50). It highlights traces of scribal activity which happened either deliberately or unconsciously and thereby illustrates how transmitters and translators did not only change the text but produced new meanings and textual references. |
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| ISSN: | 0393-6805 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Henoch
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