The Book of Ben Sira in Hebrew: A Text Edition of All Extant Hebrew Manuscripts and a Synopsis of All Parallel Hebrew Ben Sira Texts (Vetus Testamentum , Suppl. 68) [Hardcover]

Pancratius Cornelis Beentjes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1997 | ISBN-10: 9004107673 | ISBN-13: 978-9004107670

This volume deals with the Hebrew texts of all nine manuscripts discovered between 1896 and 1982 of the Book of Ben Sira that is reckoned among the deuterocanonical biblical wisdom literature and was written in Jerusalem about 180 BCE.
In the first part of this volume the Hebrew manuscripts are offered in facsimile, i.e. presenting the real textual state of the recovered texts. The second part of this volume offers in a more convenient and functional way than in former text editions a synopsis of all Hebrew Ben Sira texts which are available in more than one manuscript.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'"Die Edition, die B. vorlegt, hat den gro_en Vorteil, da_ sie das gesamte, bisher bekannt gewordene Text-Material des hebrdischen Sirach so darbietet, wie es in den Hss bezeugt ist. Sie ist eine willkommene unverzichtbare Hilfe f]r alle, die sich mit dem Text des Sirach-Buchs beschdftigen und diese Schrift interpretieren wollen.'
Josef Schreiner, "Biblische Zeitschrift, 1998.
'"Il faudra dorinavant pour toute traduction de Ben Sira tenir compte de ce pricieux ouvrage.'
N.E., "Irinikon, 2000.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 190 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004107673
• ISBN-13: 978-9004107670
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
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