The Expanded Text of Ecclesiasticus: Its Teaching on the Future Life as a Clue to its Origin

Conleth Kearns

Published by De Gruyter 2011

The Expanded Text of Ecclesiasticus

Its Teaching on the Future Life as a Clue to its Origin

Conleth Kearns
Edited by: Pancratius C. Beentjes
With contributions by: Gerard Norton , Maurice Gilbert and Núria Calduch-Benages

Volume 11 in the series Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110252590

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Nowadays many scholars are intensively studying the Book of Ben Sira in its different versions. One of the most intriguing aspects relates to the great quantity of passages on the afterlife in the various stages of the text of the Book of Ben Sira. Although Conleth Kearns already in 1951 wrote an important doctoral thesis on this subject, this study has never been published and circulates only in photocopied form. Since Ben Sira scholars more and more are convinced that this investigation is of great importance, even after sixty years a proper publication is welcomed.
In his study Kearns distinguishes, on the one hand, the witnesses to the second Greek and to the Latin version and, on the other hand, those to the Hebrew text, and those to the Syriac version as well. He concludes that there is unity of doctrine between the changes and additions of all the textual witnesses. Therefore he can refer to ‛the expanded text’.
The teachings on afterlife as found in the various stages of the text of Ben Sira are compared with the teachings found in Jewish literature from about 200 B.C. until 100 A.D., both canonical – especially Daniel and the Wisdom of Solomon –, and apocryphal or pseudepigraphical, such as 1–2 Enoch, 4 Ezra, Jubilees, Psalms of Solomon, and Testaments of the XII Patriarchs.

Author / Editor information

Pancratius C. Beentjes, Tilburg University, Netherlands; Núria Calduch-Benages, Gregorian University, Rome, Italy; Maurice Gilbert, Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, Italy; Gerard Norton, St. Mary’s Priory, Tallaght, Irland.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Preface Pancratius C. Beentjes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
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Conleth J. Kearns O.P.: An Appreciation Gerard Norton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Introduction to Kearns' Dissertation Maurice Gilbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
The Expanded Text of Ecclesiasticus. Its Teaching on the Future Life as a Clue to Its Origin Conleth J. Kearns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Bibliographical Updates 1951-2010 Nuria Calduch-Benages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 333
Illustrations
- Tables: 15
Keywords: Ben Sira; Eschatology; Pseudepigrapha; Apocrypha

eBook

Published: February 28, 2011
ISBN: 9783110252590

Hardcover

Published: February 17, 2011
ISBN: 9783110252583