TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,Benjamin G.
TI  - Praise Israel for Wisdom and Instruction: Essays on Ben Sira and Wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint
T2  - Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 131
SN  - 9789047443636
AV  - BS1765.52 -- .W75 2008eb 
U1  - 229/.306 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Bible. -- O.T. -- Apocrypha. -- Ecclesiasticus -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Bible. -- O.T. -- Greek -- Versions -- Septuagint
KW  - Letter of Aristeas
KW  - Wisdom literature -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE BEN SIRA AND EARLY JEWISH WISDOM -- Chapter One Wisdom and Women at Qumran -- Chapter Two From Generation to Generation: The Sage as Father in Early Jewish Literature -- Chapter Three The Categories of Rich and Poor in the Qumran Sapiential Literature -- Chapter Four "Who has been Tested by Gold and Found Perfect?" Ben Sira's Discourse of Riches and Poverty (with Claudia V. Camp) -- Chapter Five "Fear the Lord and Honor the Priest": Ben Sira as Defender of the Jerusalem Priesthood -- Chapter Six "Put the Nations in Fear of You": Ben Sira and the Problem of Foreign Rule -- Chapter Seven Wisdom, Instruction and Social Location in Ben Sira and 1 Enoch -- Chapter Eight Ben Sira on the Sage as Exemplar -- Chapter Nine B. Sanhedrin 100b and Rabbinic Knowledge of Ben Sira -- PART TWO THE LETTER OF ARISTEAS AND THE SEPTUAGINT -- Chapter Ten The Jewish Scriptures in Greek: The Septuagint in the Context of Ancient Translation Activity -- Chapter Eleven ΔΟΥΛΟΣ-Terms and Social Status in the Meeting of Hebrew-Biblical and Hellenistic-Roman Culture -- Chapter Twelve Access to the Source: Cicero, Ben Sira, The Septuagint and Their Audiences -- Chapter Thirteen The Letter of Aristeas and the Reception History of the Septuagint -- Chapter Fourteen Translation as Scripture: The Septuagint in Aristeas and Philo -- Chapter Fifteen Three Jewish Ritual Practices in Aristeas 158-160 -- Index
N2  - Features fifteen articles that focus on three interrelated themes in the study of Early Judaism. This work explores how specific wisdom and apocalyptic texts relate. It also focuses on how traditional material was shaped and framed in order to ensure its successful transmission to subsequent generations
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