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The Texts and Versions of the Book of Ben Sira: Transmission and Interpretation
Author(s): Jean-Sébastien Rey (Editor), Jan Joosten
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: June 9, 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 364 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004206922
- ISBN-13: 9789004206922
Book Description
The 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.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Jean-Sébastien Rey, ThD (2006), Strasbourg and Leuven, is Maître de Conférences at the Paul Verlaine University in Metz, France. His fields of research are the sapiential litterature of the Hellenistic Period, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Jan Joosten, PhD (1989) Jerusalem, ThD (1994) Brussels, is Professor of Old Testament Exegesis at the Strasbourg University, France. His fields of special interest are the Septuagint and Hebrew syntax.
