Ben Sira in Conversation with Traditions : : A Festschrift for Prof. Núria Calduch-Benages on the Occasion of Her 65th Birthday / / ed. by Francis M. Macatangay, Francisco-Javier Ruiz-Ortiz.

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• MitwirkendeR: Balla, Ibolya,; Beentjes, Pancratius C.,; Chapa, Juan,; Collins, John J,; Corley, Jeremy,; Duggan, Michael W.,; Egger-Wenzel, Renate,; Estévez López, Elisa,; Forti, Tova,; Gilbert, Maurice,; Goff, Matthew,; Gregory, Bradley C.,; López Navas, Emilio,; Macatangay, Francis M.,; Nhue Nguyen, Dinh Anh,; Paszko, Paweł,; Reif, Stefan C.,; Reiterer, Friedrich V.,; Rotasperti, Sergio,; Ruiz-Ortiz, F. Javier,; Schmitz, Barbara,; Ska, Jean-Louis,; Wischmeyer, Oda,; Wright, Benjamin G.,
• HerausgeberIn: Macatangay, Francis M.,; Ruiz-Ortiz, Francisco-Javier,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022]; ©2022
• Année de publication: 2022
• Langue: English
• Collection: Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies , 47
• Description matérielle: 1 online resource (XII, 382 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction --; Select Bibliography --; Contributors --; Part I: Ben Sira in Conversation with the Torah --; The Creation of Humanity in HebrewWisdom 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 --; Part II: Ben Sira in Conversation with the Prophets --; 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 --; Part III: Ben Sira in Conversation with Wisdom Traditions --; “Yet, No One Remembered that Poor Man”: Qoheleth and Ben Sira on the Wisdom of the Poor --; Living with Wild Animals: A Study of the Imagery in Sir 25:15–16 --; Keywords: women/wives, animal imagery, metaphors, Ben Sira, anger --; Family Ethos and Wise Behavior in Proverbs, Sirach, and Vietnamese Folk Sayings --; Part IV: Ben Sira in Coversation with Some of the Literature of the Second Temple --; Jerusalem in the Books of Tobit and Ben Sira --; Wisdom in Disguise and the Heroism of Widows: Ben Sira and Judean Traditions (Sir 4:1–19) --; Path Dependence and Institutional Change: The Portrayal of Alcimus and Jonathan as High Priests in 1 Maccabees --; A Devilish Parallel: Sir 15:14 in its Hebrew Reception --; Part V: Later Authors in Conversation with the Book of Ben Sira --; The Book of Ben Sira From a Reception- Historical Perspective: Hubert Frankemölle’s Commentary on the Letter of James --; Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, and Slow to Anger (Jas 1:19 and Sir 5:11) --; Reliability and Gentleness: Moses, Jesus, and the Disciple --; “Useful for Instruction”: The Popularity of Sirach in Christian Egypt --; M. H. Segal (1875–1968) and his Abiding Interest in Ben Sira --; Index of References --; Index of Authors
• Résumé: 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.
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110762181; 9783110766820; 9783110993899; 9783110994810; 9783110994544; 9783110994537
• ISSN: 1865-1666
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110762181
• Accès: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Francis M. Macatangay, Francisco-Javier Ruiz-Ortiz.

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 in...