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

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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

Full title:

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

Journal / Book Title || Series Title:

Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies

Volume:

Place of Publication:

Berlin

Publisher:

De Gruyter

Work type:

Essay/Monograph

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

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