Discovering, deciphering and dissenting: Ben Sira Manuscripts after 120 years

Introduction -- I. Discovery and disputes -- Notes on Jumbo's desk -- Charles Taylor as a man of St John's -- How Ben Sira crossed my path -- II. The Hebrew manuscripts and rabbinic circles -- Some first editions of Genizh manuscripts of Ben Sira -- The "booklet" of Ben Sira -- S...

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Contributors: Aitken, J. K. 1968-2023 (Editor) ; Egger-Wenzel, Renate 1961- (Editor) ; Reif, Stefan C. 1944- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Boston De Gruyter [2018]
In: Deuterocanonical and cognate literature yearbook .... (2018)
Year: 2018
Reviews:[Rezension von: Discovering, deciphering and dissenting : Ben Sira Manuscripts after 120 years] (2021) (Bluj, Jakub)
[Rezension von: Discovering, deciphering and dissenting : Ben Sira Manuscripts after 120 years] (2020) (Witte, Markus, 1964 -)
[Rezension von: Discovering, deciphering and dissenting : Ben Sira Manuscripts after 120 years] (2020) (Witte, Markus, 1964 -)
Series/Journal:Deuterocanonical and cognate literature yearbook .... 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sirach / Hebrew language / Genizah
B Sirach / Genizah / Exegesis
B Sirach / Genizah / Reception / Rabbinic literature
B Sirach / Genizah / Decipherment / History 1896-2016
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Bible. Ecclesiasticus Manuscripts
B RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Bible Study Guides
B Bible
B Electronic books
B Manuscripts
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Introduction -- I. Discovery and disputes -- Notes on Jumbo's desk -- Charles Taylor as a man of St John's -- How Ben Sira crossed my path -- II. The Hebrew manuscripts and rabbinic circles -- Some first editions of Genizh manuscripts of Ben Sira -- The "booklet" of Ben Sira -- Scribal practices in Ben Sira manuscript B -- The Persian glosses and the text of manuscript B revisited -- The synoptic problem and the reception of the Ben Sira manuscripts -- Various attempts at producing a Ben Sira polyglo -- Ben Sira-biblical sage, rabbi, and payyet̲an -- Ben Sira: a rabbinic perspective -- III. The poetry of the book -- The poetry of Ben Sira manscript C -- Ben Sira's Hebrew poetry in comparison with the psalter -- Poetic imagery in the book of Ben Sira -- The theological and philosophical concepts of Ben Sira -- IV. The language of the book -- The Hebrew of the Ben Sira manuscripts from the genizah -- Transmission and transformation of Ben Sira's poetic language -- The contribution of the language of the book of Ben Sira to biblical Hebrew philology -- Biographies of authors -- Index of references -- Index of authors -- Index of subjects.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
ISBN:3110612976