Ben Sira in Conversation with Traditions: A Festschrift for Prof. Núria Calduch-Benages on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Ben Sira in Conversation with Traditions

A Festschrift for Prof. Núria Calduch-Benages on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday

Edited by: Francis M. Macatangay and Francisco-Javier Ruiz-Ortiz
Together with: Renate Egger-Wenzel

Volume 47 in the series Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110762181

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About this book

This volume of essays on Ben Sira is a Festschrift on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Prof. Nuria Calduch-Benages.

The volume gathers the latest studies on Ben Sira's relationship with other Jewish traditions. With a variety of methods and approaches, the volume explores Ben Sira's interpretation of received traditions, his views on the prevailing issues of his time, and the subsequent reception of his work.

Author / Editor information

Francis M. Macatangay, University of St. Thomas, Houston TX, USA, and Francisco-Javier Ruiz-Ortiz, St Mary's University, London, GB.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Part I: Ben Sira in Conversation with the Torah
The Creation of Humanity in HebrewWisdom Literature of the Second Century BCE John J Collins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Torah, Paideia, and Sophia in Ben Sira Jean-Louis Ska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Ben Sira’s Portrayal of Aaron and Phinehas (Sir 45:6–25): An Interaction between Tradition and Innovation Pancratius C. Beentjes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
“Do Not Defraud the Life of the Poor”: Notes on the Greek of Sir 4:1–10 Benjamin G. Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Part II: Ben Sira in Conversation with the Prophets
Ben Sira and Ezekiel Jeremy Corley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
“Bread to the Hungry and Clothes to the Naked”: A History of a Prophetic- Sapiential Motif from Tobit to the Syriac of Ben Sira Bradley C. Gregory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
The Metaphor of a Woman Giving Birth: The Book of Ben Sira in the Light of Prophetic Literature Paweł Paszko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Banquet of Life in Ben Sira and Hosea: Intertextual Links between Sir 24:12–23 and Hos 14:5–10 Ibolya Balla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Part III: Ben Sira in Conversation with Wisdom Traditions
“Yet, No One Remembered that Poor Man”: Qoheleth and Ben Sira on the Wisdom of the Poor Tova Forti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Living with Wild Animals: A Study of the Imagery in Sir 25:15–16 Sergio Rotasperti and F. Javier Ruiz-Ortiz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Keywords: women/wives, animal imagery, metaphors, Ben Sira, anger Friedrich V. Reiterer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Family Ethos and Wise Behavior in Proverbs, Sirach, and Vietnamese Folk Sayings Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Part IV: Ben Sira in Coversation with Some of the Literature of the Second Temple
Jerusalem in the Books of Tobit and Ben Sira Francis M. Macatangay and Emilio López Navas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Wisdom in Disguise and the Heroism of Widows: Ben Sira and Judean Traditions (Sir 4:1–19) Michael W. Duggan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Path Dependence and Institutional Change: The Portrayal of Alcimus and Jonathan as High Priests in 1 Maccabees Barbara Schmitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
A Devilish Parallel: Sir 15:14 in its Hebrew Reception Matthew Goff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Part V: Later Authors in Conversation with the Book of Ben Sira
The Book of Ben Sira From a Reception- Historical Perspective: Hubert Frankemölle’s Commentary on the Letter of James Oda Wischmeyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, and Slow to Anger (Jas 1:19 and Sir 5:11) Elisa Estévez López Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Reliability and Gentleness: Moses, Jesus, and the Disciple Maurice Gilbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
“Useful for Instruction”: The Popularity of Sirach in Christian Egypt Juan Chapa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
M. H. Segal (1875–1968) and his Abiding Interest in Ben Sira Stefan C. Reif Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
Index of References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in the field of biblical studies, especially Second Temple Judaism.
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 382
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 1
Keywords: Ben Sira; Deuterocanonical Literature; Apocrypha; Old Testament

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Published: August 1, 2022
ISBN: 9783110762181

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Published: August 1, 2022
ISBN: 9783110761979