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Like an Everlasting Signet Ring: Generosity in the Book of Sirach (2010) is a book by Bradley C. Gregory.

Abstract

Originally presented as the Author’s dissertation, University of Notre Dame, 2009.

Editions and translations

Published in Berlin [Germany]: Walter de Gruyter, 2010 (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies, 2).

Contents

Introduction -- Wealth, poverty, and the problem of justice -- Death, generosity, and the good life -- Generosity through loans and surety -- Generosity through almsgiving -- Almsgiving and sacrifice in Sirach -- The extent of almsgiving in Sirach -- Synthesis & conclusions

External links

  • [ Google Books]