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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Ben Sira"”.
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Scribal culture in Ben Sira (Sir 38:1-15; 41:1-15; 43:11-19; 44-50)
The Book of Ben Sira, written at some point between 198 and 175 BCE, is a Second Temple Jewish wisdom text which regularly echoes or quotes the Hebrew Bible. A recent area of study in biblical scholarship has been that of scribal culture, written sources and physical remains left behind by …
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Woman Has Two Faces: Re-Examining Eve and Lilith in Jewish Feminist Thought
… in the midrashic narrative, the <em>Alphabet of Ben Sira</em>, is used by Jewish feminists to reclaim their identities on religious and spiritual levels.</p> <p>This thesis explores the history of "Transformationist" Jewish feminism to understand the methods by which scripture is interpreted, and …
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DIVINE AND HUMAN AGENCY IN SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM AND PAUL: A COMPARISON OF SIRACH, HODAYOT, AND ROMANS 7–8
… and human action. This diversity is revealed in Sirach, the Hodayot, and Paul’s claims in Romans 7.7–8.13. Ben Sira argues that the divine-human relationship revolves around human obedience to the law. He utilises the two-ways tradition to develop his view. He describes God as re-acting to human …