A New Fragment of the Book of Ben Sira

Full title
A New Fragment of the Book of Ben Sira
Research notes

Reader checked|3/12/2011 AL

Reference type
Author(s)
Elizur, Shulamit
Rand, Michael
Year
2011
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Dead Sea Discoveries
Volume
18
Number of volumes
0
Issue / Series Volume
2
Pages
200-205
Work type
Alternative title
DSD
Label
12/09/2011
Abstract

In their article, the authors announce the discovery of a new fragment of the Hebrew Book of Ben Sira in the Cairo Genizah, in the Taylor-Schechter collection of the Cambridge University Library: T-S AS 118.78. The fragment is a part of ms. D. After a brief introduction, a critical edition of the text of the fragment is presented, including variant readings from parallel sources and notes to the text.

Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Composition / Author
Passage
7^8