Full of Praise: An Exegetical Study of Sir 39,12-35 (1999 Liesen), book

Full of Praise: An Exegetical Study of Sir 39,12-35 (1999) is a book by Jan Liesen.

Abstract

"This volume deals with the book of Ben Sira, discussing his self-understanding and his relation to Wisdom and God. Point of departure is the hymnic instruction in Sir 39, 12-35. The study opens with an examination of its text-critical situation, structure and literary format. In the first part the diptych on the trades, Sir 38-39, is examined as context for the hymn. The second part focuses on the frame of the hymn and investigates the role of sage and disciples; the third part considers the sapiential teaching (39, 16-31) in detail. The section on the "work of God", the use of the first-person singular, and the nature of text-forms are of special interest for scholars of Old Testament wisdom literature, the intertestamental period and the history of Judaism."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Leiden: Brill, 1999 (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 64).

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