Research Catalog

Title

Discovering, deciphering and dissenting : Ben Sira manuscripts after 120 years / edited by James K. Aitken, Renate Egger-Wenzel and Stefan C. Reif.

Publication

• Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter, [2018]
• ©2018

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Additional Authors

• Aitken, James K. (James Keltie), 1968-2023
• Egger-Wenzel, Renate
• Reif, Stefan C., 1944-

Description

xi, 401 pages : colour illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"The discovery of Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira in the Cairo Genizah has shaped and transformed the interpretation of the book. It is argued here that a proper appreciation of the manuscripts themselves is also essential for understanding this ancient work. Since their discovery 120 years ago and subsequent identification of leaves, attention has been directed to the interpretation of the ancient book, the Wisdom of Ben Sira. Serious consideration should also be given to the Hebrew manuscripts themselves and their particular contributions to understanding the language and transmission of the book. The surprising appearance of a work that was preserved by Christians and denounced by some Rabbis raises questions over the preservation of the book. At the same time, diversity among the manuscripts means that exegesis has to be built on an appreciation of the individual manuscripts. The contributors examine the manuscripts in this light, examining their discovery, the codicology and reception of the manuscripts within rabbinic and medieval Judaism, and the light they throw on the Hebrew language and poetic techniques. The book is essential reading for those working on Ben Sira, the reception of the deuterocanon, and Medieval Hebrew manuscripts"--

Series Statement

Deuterocanonical and cognate literature yearbook ; 2018

Uniform Title

Deuterocanonical and cognate literature yearbook ; 2018.

Alternative Title

Ben Sira manuscripts after 120 years

Subject

• Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
• Bible. > Manuscripts > Congresses
• Bible. > Manuscripts, Hebrew > Congresses
• Bible. > Language, style > Congresses
• Bible
• Manuscripts, Hebrew > Congresses
• Genizah > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Commentaries.
• Manuscripts.

Note

• Papers presented at an international conference held at St. John's College, Cambridge, September 12-14, 2016.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Notes on Jumbo's desk: the diaries of Charles Taylor / Mark Nicholls -- Charles Taylor as a man of St John's / Andrew A. Macintosh -- How Ben Sira crossed my path / Pancratius C. Beentjes -- Some first editions of Genizah manuscripts of Ben Sira: approaches and reproaches / Stefan C. Reif -- The "Booklet" of Ben Sira: codicological and paleographical remarks on the Cairo Genizah fragments / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger -- Scribal practices in Ben Sira Manuscript B: codicological reconstruction and material typology of marginal readings / Jean-Sebastien Rey and Marleke Dhont -- The Persian glosses and the text of Manuscript B revisited / Benjamin G. Wright -- The synoptic problem and the reception of the Ben Sira manuscripts / James K. Altken -- Various attempts at producing a Ben Sira polyglot / Renate Egger-Wenzel -- Ben Sira -- Biblical sage, rabbi, and Payyetan: the figure and text of Ben Sira in Rabbinic Judaism / Matthew Goff -- Ben Sira: a rabbinic perspective / Vered Noam -- The poetry of Ben Sira Manuscript C / Eric D. Reymond -- Ben Sira's Hebrew poetry in comparison with the Psalter / Jeremy Corley -- Poetic imagery in the book of Ben Sira: a case study of Sir 21:1-10 / Nuria Calduch-Benages -- The theological and philosophical concepts of Ben Sira: the basics / Friedrich Vinzenz Reiterer -- The Hebrew of the Ben Sira manuscripts from the Genizah / Jan Joosten -- Transmission and transformation of Ben Sira's poetic language: the case of Sir 41:1-2 / Noam Mizrahi -- The contribution of the language of the Book of Ben Sira to Biblical Hebrew philology / Halm Dihi.

Call Number

JFE 19-7408

ISBN

• 3110601095
• 9783110601091

OCLC

1042405928

Title

Discovering, deciphering and dissenting : Ben Sira manuscripts after 120 years / edited by James K. Aitken, Renate Egger-Wenzel and Stefan C. Reif.

Publisher

Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Deuterocanonical and cognate literature yearbook ; 2018

Deuterocanonical and cognate literature yearbook ; 2018.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Table of contents

Added Author

Aitken, James K. (James Keltie), 1968-2023, editor.

Egger-Wenzel, Renate, editor.

Reif, Stefan C., 1944- editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-7408