Ben Sira, the Genesis Creation Accounts, and the Knowledge of God’s Will

Ben Sira renarrates the story of creation and the primal sin of humanity found in Genesis 2–3 in a striking and provocative fashion. He elides the story of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and instead insists that the human is created with the full knowledge of good and evil. In a bold col...

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Main Author: Berg, Shane 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholar's Press 2013
In: Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2013, Volume: 132, Issue: 1, Pages: 139-157
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