Full of Praise: An Exegetical Study of Sir 39, 12-35

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-90-04-11359-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 64, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 785 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Journal for

This volume deals with the book of Ben Sira, discussing his self-understanding and his relation to Wisdom and God. Point of departure is the hymnic instruction in Sir 39, 12-35.
The study opens with an examination of its text-critical situation, structure and literary format. In the first part the diptych on the trades, Sir 38-39, is examined as context for the hymn. The second part focuses on the frame of the hymn and investigates the role of sage and disciples; the third part considers the sapiential teaching (39, 16-31) in detail.
The section on the "work of God", the use of the first-person singular, and the nature of text-forms are of special interest for scholars of Old Testament wisdom literature, the intertestamental period and the history of Judaism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Liesen, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie

Über Autor(innen)

Jan W.M. Liesen, S.S.D. (1998) from Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, lectures in Scripture at Rolduc Seminary, The Netherlands.