Ben Sira’s Teaching on Prayer: The Example of the Generations of Old
Updated by:
Shiran Shevah
Research notes:
SHS/not checked/14/11/2019
Reference type:
Book section
year:
2019
Full title:
Ben Sira’s Teaching on Prayer: The Example of the Generations of Old
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
Editor(s):
Nuria Calduch-Benages
Michael W. Duggan
Dalia Marx
Place of Publication:
Berlin/Boston
Publisher:
de Gruyter
Pages:
37-54
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
Abstract:
Prayer is an important theme in Ben Sira’s teaching. Our aim is not to offer a comprehensive view of his teaching on prayer but to study one of its many aspects more deeply. In the present article, we wish to show that in Ben Sira’s “school of prayer” the example of the generations of old plays a fundamental role. In this connection, we consider four texts where the verb / קרא ἐπικαλέομαι (“call on/beseech”) is used in a context of prayer: Sir 2:10d; 46:5a; 46:16a and 47:5a.
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783110630282/9783110630282-004/9783110630282-004.xml
Label:
02/12/2019
Record number:
105 919