The Wisdom of Ben Sira A New Translation with Notes
Skehan, Patrick W.
The Wisdom of Ben Sira A New Translation with Notes Patrick W. Skehan, Alexander A. Di Lella - U.S.A. Doubleday 1987 - 620tr. hardcover, illustrations 24cm - The Anchor Bible .
The Wisdom of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) contains the sayings of Ben Sira, arguably the last of Israel's wise men and its first professional scribe, whose world was defined and dominated by Greek ideas and ideals. This Hellenistic worldview challenged the adequacy of the religion passed down to the Palestinian Jews of the second century B.C.E. by their ancestors. Ben Sira's training in both Judaic and Hellenistic literary traditions prepared him to meet this challenge. He vigorously opposed any compromise of Jewish values
9780385135177
Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
229.4077 / S627-P31
The Wisdom of Ben Sira A New Translation with Notes Patrick W. Skehan, Alexander A. Di Lella - U.S.A. Doubleday 1987 - 620tr. hardcover, illustrations 24cm - The Anchor Bible .
The Wisdom of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) contains the sayings of Ben Sira, arguably the last of Israel's wise men and its first professional scribe, whose world was defined and dominated by Greek ideas and ideals. This Hellenistic worldview challenged the adequacy of the religion passed down to the Palestinian Jews of the second century B.C.E. by their ancestors. Ben Sira's training in both Judaic and Hellenistic literary traditions prepared him to meet this challenge. He vigorously opposed any compromise of Jewish values
9780385135177
Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
229.4077 / S627-P31