No Small Difference When Introducing Samuel in Sirach 46:13

Updated by: 
Shiran Shevah
Research notes: 
SHS/not checked/11/04/2018
Reference type: 
Book section
Author(s): 
Corley, Jeremy
year: 
2018
Full title: 

No Small Difference When Introducing Samuel in Sirach 46:13

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Figures who Shape Scriptures, Scriptures that Shape Figures: Essays in Honour of Benjamin G. Wright III
Issue / Series Volume: 
40
Series Title: 
Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Editor(s): 
Géza G. Xeravits
Greg Schmidt Goering
Place of Publication: 
Berlin/New York
Publisher: 
De Gruyter
Pages: 
30-55
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

While the Cairo Genizah text preserves three Hebrew bicola for Ben Sira 46:13, the Greek version omits any reference to Samuel as a nazirite and priest. Some roles given to Samuel in Hebrew Ben Sira are known from the MT of First Samuel, especially as prophet and judge, establisher of the monarchy and anointer of rulers. His depiction as a nazirite matches 4QSam for 1 Sam 1:22 as well as the Mishnaic tractate Nazir. While Samuel began as an apprentice of the Levitical priest Eli and later offered sacrifice at a time of national crisis, the MT of First Samuel never specifically calls him a priest, but Ben Sira’s portrayal of him as an officiating priest draws out the implication of Ps 99:6.

Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: 
Composition / Author: 
Ben Sira
Passage: 
46:13
URL: 
https://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783110596373/9783110596373-003/9783110596373-003.xml
Label: 
16/04/2018
Record number: 
103 534