Full title
The Prayer in Ben Sira 22:27–23:6 and the Prosodic Version in MS ENA 3053.3
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Research notes
SHS/not checked/14/11/2019
Reference type
Editor(s)
Nuria Calduch-Benages
Michael W. Duggan
Dalia Marx
Year
2019
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
On Wings of Prayer: Sources of Jewish Worship; Essays in Honor of Professor Stefan C. Reif on the Occasion of his Seventy-fifth Birthday
Issue / Series Volume
44
Series Title
Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Publisher
de Gruyter
Place of Publication
Berlin/Boston
Pages
21-36
Work type
Label
02/12/2019
Abstract
In 1931, Joseph Marcus published the Hebrew text of a mediaeval manuscript (MS ENA 3053.3), which he characterized as “a prosodic version of Ben Sira 22:22-23:9.” Since this text has almost sunk into oblivion in Western scholarship, this article presents the Hebrew text and an English translation of this manuscript, as well as the Greek text of the prayer in Sir 22:27-23:6 also with an English translation. The subsequent comments focus on the structure of the prosodic version, its relation to the book of Ben Sira, and some characteristic literary features.