Simon the High Priest in Sirach 50: An Exegetical Study of the Significance of Simon the High Priest as Climax to the Praise of the Fathers in Ben Sir

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-04-12316-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 78, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 921 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Journal for

The present exegetical study in the Hebrew and Greek versions of Sirach 50 deals with the wisdom tradition, personified in Simon the High Priest, who is called "the Just" in the rabbinical tradition. As a genuine eyewitness Ben Sira offers proof of Simons significance in the re-building of Jerusalem as climax of the Praise of the Fathers on Rosh Hashanah. His re-writing of Israels history ends with a polemic against the legality of the Samaritan temple and a direct allusion to the author's name.
The volume examines three new pictures of the original Geniza-fragments found in 1896. The comparison of both versions provides an impressive picture of the development of Israels religion in the Second Temple period from 200-132 BCE.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mulder, Otto

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Otto Mulder, Ph.D.(2000) in Theology, Catholic Theological Universtity Utrecht, is Lecturer in Biblical Studies and Hebrew at the Faculty of Theology Windesheim Zwolle, the Netherlands, and Minister in the Dutch Reformed Church in the centre of Almelo, the Netherlands.