NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK;
Jesus Sirach, Jüdisches Gesetz und kosmische Weisheit. Herausgegeben von Markus Witte. Eingeleitet, übersetzt und mit interpretierenden Essays versehen von Markus Asper, Christine Ganslmayer, Gerhard Karner, Marko Marttila, Werner Urbanz, Oda Wischmeyer, Markus Witte und Burkard Zapff. [Jesus Sirach, Jewish Law and Cosmic Wisdom.] 2023. XX, 518 pages. Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia XLIV. 124,00 € including VAT. cloth ISBN 978-3-16-158251-6.
Published in German.
This volume offers a bilingual edition of all Hebrew fragments of the early Jewish book of Ben Sira and selected texts of the ancient Greek version of this work. Accompanying essays introduce the reader to the literary and cultural contexts of the book and interpret its ethical and religious topics.
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