Wordplay in the Hebrew to Ben Sira
Research notes
Reader checked|24/03/2012 AL
Reference type
Editor(s)
Rey, Jean-Sébastien
Joosten, Jan
Year
2011
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
The Texts and Versions of the Book of Ben Sira
Number of volumes
0
Issue / Series Volume
150
Series Title
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism
Publisher
Brill
Place of Publication
Leiden
Pages
37-53
Label
15/08/2011
Abstract
Reymond investigated wordplay in the Hebrew text to demonstrate how the textual transmission of the book has resulted in a text that incorporates, in some instances, more word play than the original.
Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Ben Sira, 3^4
Ben Sira, 6
Ben Sira, 7
Ben Sira, 9
Ben Sira, 13
Ben Sira, 40
Ben Sira, 51
Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents