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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789687803321

Autore

Coggins Richard <1929-2017, >

Titolo

Sirach / / Richard J. Coggins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1998]

©1998

ISBN

1-283-20080-5

9786613200808

0-567-57674-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Collana

Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

Disciplina

229.406

Soggetti

Wisdom literature - Criticism, interpretation, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Commentaries and Other Important Studies; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Structure and Contents; 3. The Languages of the Book; 4. The Social and Religious Background of Sirach; 5. Sirach within Judaism; 6. Use of 'Scripture'; 7. Setting: The Development of the Wisdom Tradition; 8. Praise of the Ancestors; 9. Attitude to Women; 10. Theological Themes; Appendix A: The English Versions; Appendix B: Survey of Research; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Sirach is a book that raises a very distinctive set of problems. What should we call it (Sirach, Ecclesiasticus, Ben Sira)? What is the relation between the traditional Greek text and the recently rediscovered Hebrew parts of the book? Where did it stand in relation to Jewish tradition and the Hellenism that was sweeping the Mediterranean world? In this guide, a new addition to Sheffield's series on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, these questions are discussed, as well as the use the author made of Scripture, and the scholarly placing of the book in the Wisdom tradition. The author's attitud