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Praise Israel for wisdom and instruction

essays on Ben Sira and Wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint

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Brill
Language
English
Pages
361

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Table of Contents

Wisdom and women at Qumran
From generation to generation: the sage as father in early Jewish literature
The categories of rich and poor in the Qumran sapiential literature
"Who has been tested by gold and found perfect?": Ben Sira's discourse of riches and poverty (with Claudia V. Camp)
"Fear the Lord and honor the priest": Ben Sira as defender of the Jerusalem priesthood
"Put the nations in fear of you": Ben Sira and the problem of foreign rule
Wisdom, instruction, and social location in Ben Sira and 1 Enoch
Ben Sira on the sage as exemplar
B. Sanhedrin 100b and rabbinic knowledge of Ben Sira
The Jewish scriptures in Greek: the Septuagint in the context of ancient translation activity
The meeting of Hebrew-biblical and Hellenistic-Roman culture
Access to the source: Cicero, Ben Sira, the Septuagint, and their audiences
The Letter of Aristeas and the reception history of the Septuagint
Translation as scripture: the Septuagint in Aristeas and Philo
Three Jewish ritual practices in Aristeas.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
Leiden, Boston
Series
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism -- v. 131

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
229/.306
Library of Congress
BS1765.52 .W75 2008, BS1765.52.W75 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
361

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL17074158M
ISBN 13
9789004169081
LCCN
2008035030
OCLC/WorldCat
243845340
Goodreads
6560063

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Work ID
OL4779016W

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