The Wisdom of Ben Sira <subTitle>A New Translation with Notes</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Skehan, Patrick W.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">2:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Doubleday</publisher> <dateIssued>1987</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>620tr.</extent> <extent>hardcover, illustrations</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>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</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Patrick W. Skehan, Alexander A. Di Lella</note> <subject> <topic>Apocryphal books (Old Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">229.4077</classification> <classification authority="ddc">S627-P31</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780385135177</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14645/wi.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14645/wi.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071405.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>