Sirach

by Richard Coggins

Sirach is a book that raises a very distinctive set of problems. What should we call it (Sirach, Ecclesiasticus, Ben Sira)? What is the relation between the traditional Greek text and the recently rediscovered Hebrew parts of the book? Where did it stand in relation to Jewish tradition and the Hellenism that was sweeping the Mediterranean world? In this guide, a new addition to Sheffield's series on the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, these questions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850757658
• ISBN13: 9781850757658
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"