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Book SynopsisThe Book of Ben Sira comes to us in a bewildering variety of ancient textual forms. Each version shows how the book was received and interpreted in a new situation and by another community of readers. The present volume contains studies by some of the best specialists in this field of research. Each of the ancient text forms of Ben Sira—Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, and Latin—is studied in its proper context and analysed in regard to what explains the typical changes it contains.
Table of ContentsPreface HEBREW TEXTS OF BEN SIRA An Alternative Hebrew Form of Ben Sira: the Anthological Manuscript C Jeremy Corley Reconstructions and Retroversions: Chances and Challenges to the Hebrew Ben Sira Text Pancratius C. Beentjes Wordplay in the Hebrew to Ben Sira Eric D. Reymond Animal Imagery in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sirach Nuria Calduch-Benages GREEK VERSIONS OF BEN SIRA Translation Greek in Sirach in Light of the Grandson’s Prologue Benjamin G. Wright III The Literary Attainment of the Translator of Greek Sirach J. K. Aitken Le métier de scribe — un métier différent : quelques réflexions à partir de la version grecque de Siracide 38–39 Françoise Vinel SYRIAC VERSIONS OF BEN SIRA Ben Sira in the Syriac Tradition Wido van Peursen Archaic Elements in the Syriac Version of Ben Sira Jan Joosten Christian Features in the Peshitta Text of Ben Sira: the Question of Dependency on the Syriac New Testament Robert J. Owens LATIN VERSIONS OF BEN SIRA The Old Latin Version of Sirach: Editio Critica and Textual Problems Anthony J. Forte La version latine de Ben Sira : état de la question, essai de classement thématique des . additions Thierry Legrand HERMENEUTICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES The Additions to Ben Sira and the Book’s Multiform Textual Witness Jason Gile L’espérance post-mortem dans les différentes versions du Siracide Jean-Sébastien Rey La prière de Ben Sira dans les manuscrits hébreux et dans les versions anciennes Maria Carmela Palmisano La sagesse dans les béatitudes de Ben Sira : étude du texte de Si 51,13–30 et de Si 14,20–15,10 Émile Puech Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors
