Praise Israel for wisdom and instruction essays on Ben Sira and wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint /

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Main Author: Wright, Benjamin G. (Benjamin Givens)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 131.
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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
  • [ʻEved/doulos] : terms and social status in 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 [sections] 158-160.