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The Book of Ben Sira comes to us in a bewildering variety of ancient textual forms. Each version shows how the book was received and interpreted in a new situation and by another community of readers. The present volume contains studies by some of the best specialists in this field of research. Each of the ancient text forms of Ben Sira—Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, and Latin—is studied in its proper context and analysed in regard to what explains the typical changes it contains.

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Author:   Jean-Sébastien Rey ,  Jan Joosten
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   150
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.766kg
ISBN:  

9789004206922

ISBN 10:   9004206922
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   09 June 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Leather / fine binding
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English, French

Table of Contents

Preface HEBREW TEXTS OF BEN SIRA An Alternative Hebrew Form of Ben Sira: the Anthological Manuscript C Jeremy Corley Reconstructions and Retroversions: Chances and Challenges to the Hebrew Ben Sira Text Pancratius C. Beentjes Wordplay in the Hebrew to Ben Sira Eric D. Reymond Animal Imagery in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sirach Nuria Calduch-Benages GREEK VERSIONS OF BEN SIRA Translation Greek in Sirach in Light of the Grandson's Prologue Benjamin G. Wright III The Literary Attainment of the Translator of Greek Sirach J. K. Aitken Le metier de scribe - un metier different : quelques reflexions a partir de la version grecque de Siracide 38-39 Francoise Vinel SYRIAC VERSIONS OF BEN SIRA Ben Sira in the Syriac Tradition Wido van Peursen Archaic Elements in the Syriac Version of Ben Sira Jan Joosten Christian Features in the Peshitta Text of Ben Sira: the Question of Dependency on the Syriac New Testament Robert J. Owens LATIN VERSIONS OF BEN SIRA The Old Latin Version of Sirach: Editio Critica and Textual Problems Anthony J. Forte La version latine de Ben Sira : etat de la question, essai de classement thematique des . additions Thierry Legrand HERMENEUTICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES The Additions to Ben Sira and the Book's Multiform Textual Witness Jason Gile L'esperance post-mortem dans les differentes versions du Siracide Jean-Sebastien Rey La priere de Ben Sira dans les manuscrits hebreux et dans les versions anciennes Maria Carmela Palmisano La sagesse dans les beatitudes de Ben Sira : etude du texte de Si 51,13-30 et de Si 14,20-15,10 Emile Puech Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors

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Jean-Sébastien Rey, ThD (2006), Strasbourg and Leuven, is Maître de Conférences at the Paul Verlaine University in Metz, France. His fields of research are the sapiential litterature of the Hellenistic Period, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Jan Joosten, PhD (1989) Jerusalem, ThD (1994) Brussels, is Professor of Old Testament Exegesis at the Strasbourg University, France. His fields of special interest are the Septuagint and Hebrew syntax.

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