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Praise Israel for wisdom and instruction : essays on Ben Sira and wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint / by Benjamin G. Wright III.
- Title
- Praise Israel for wisdom and instruction : essays on Ben Sira and wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint / by Benjamin G. Wright III.
- Author
- Wright, Benjamin G., III.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BS1765.52 .W75 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 361 p.; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; v. 131
- Uniform Title
- Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism v. 131.
- Subject
- Note
- Collection of articles (all but one previously published) focusing on the themes of translation, social location, and transmission of tradition.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Wisdom and women at Qumran -- From generation to generation: the sage as father in early Jewish literature -- The categories of rich and poor in the Qumran sapiential literature -- "Who has been tested by gold and found perfect?" Ben Sira's discourse of riches and poverty (with Claudia V. Camp) -- "Fear the Lord and honor the priest": Ben Sira as defender of the Jerusalem priesthood -- "Put the nations in fear of you": Ben Sira and the problem of foreign rule -- Wisdom, instruction and social location in Ben Sira and 1 Enoch -- Ben Sira on the sage as exemplar -- B. Sanhedrin 100b and rabbinic knowledge of Ben Sira -- The Jewish scriptures in Greek: the Septuagint in the context of ancient translation activity -- Terms and social status in the meeting of Hebrew-biblical and Hellenistic-Roman culture -- Access to the source: Cicero, Ben Sira, the Septuagint and their audiences -- The Letter of Aristeas and the reception history of the Septuagint -- Translation as Scripture: the Septuagint in Aristeas and Philo -- Three Jewish ritual practices in Aristeas 158-160.
- ISBN
- 9789004169081 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9004169083 (hardback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008035030
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library