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

Full title
Ben Sira in Conversation with Traditions: A Festschrift for Prof. Núria Calduch-Benages on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday
Updated By
Shlomo Brand
Research notes

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Reference type
Edited Book
Author(s)
Macatangay, Francis M.
Ruiz-Ortiz, Francisco-Javier
Egger-Wenzel, Renate
Year
2022
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Volume
47
Publisher
De Gruyter
Place of Publication
Berlin
Work type
Essay/Monograph
Label
07/11/2022
Record reference
The Creation of Humanity in Hebrew Wisdom Literature of the Second Century BCE
Torah, Paideia, and Sophia in Ben Sira
Ben Sira’s Portrayal of Aaron and Phinehas (Sir 45:6–25): An Interaction between Tradition and Innovation
“Do Not Defraud the Life of the Poor”: Notes on the Greek of Sir 4:1–10
Ben Sira and Ezekiel
“Bread to the Hungry and Clothes to the Naked”: A History of a Prophetic- Sapiential Motif from Tobit to the Syriac of Ben Sira
The Metaphor of a Woman Giving Birth: The Book of Ben Sira in the Light of Prophetic Literature
Banquet of Life in Ben Sira and Hosea: Intertextual Links between Sir 24:12–23 and Hos 14:5–10
“Yet, No One Remembered that Poor Man”: Qoheleth and Ben Sira on the Wisdom of the Poor
Living with Wild Animals: A Study of the Imagery in Sir 25:15–16
Keywords: women/wives, animal imagery, metaphors, Ben Sira, anger
Family Ethos and Wise Behavior in Proverbs, Sirach, and Vietnamese Folk Sayings
Jerusalem in the Books of Tobit and Ben Sira
Wisdom in Disguise and the Heroism of Widows: Ben Sira and Judean Traditions (Sir 4:1–19)
Path Dependence and Institutional Change: The Portrayal of Alcimus and Jonathan as High Priests in 1 Maccabees
A Devilish Parallel: Sir 15:14 in its Hebrew Reception
The Book of Ben Sira From a Reception- Historical Perspective: Hubert Frankemölle’s Commentary on the Letter of James
Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, and Slow to Anger (Jas 1:19 and Sir 5:11)
Reliability and Gentleness: Moses, Jesus, and the Disciple
“Useful for Instruction”: The Popularity of Sirach in Christian Egypt
M. H. Segal (1875–1968) and his Abiding Interest in Ben Sira
URL
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110762181/html#overview
Abstract

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.

Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Composition / Author
Ben Sira