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Book of Sirach

The Book of Sirach (/ˈsaɪræk/), also known as The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, The Wisdom of Jesus son of Eleazar, or Ecclesiasticus (/ɪˌkliːziˈæstɪkəs/), is a Jewish literary work originally written in Biblical Hebrew. The longest extant wisdom book from antiquity, it consists of ethical teachings, written by Yeshua ben Eleazar ben Sira (Ben…

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related to Christianity · 37
Book of Sirach → AD, Alexandria, Aquileia, Assyrian Church, Augustine, Book, Carthage, Catholic, Christianity, Church Fathers, Clement, Council, East Christians, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox Church, Florence, Greek, Hippo, In, It
related to Influence in Jewish doctrine and liturgy · 30
Book of Sirach → Abaye, Although, Bava Batra, BCE Greek, Ben Sira, Ben Sira's, Book, Cairo Genizah, Christian, Egyptian Jewry, Furthermore, Hagigah, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, Jewish, Jews, Middle Ages, Niddah, Qumran, R'Joseph
related to Messianic interpretation by Christians · 27
Book of Sirach → Benedictus, Book, Catholic, David, Davidic, Ezekiel, He, Hebrew, Israel, It, Jeremiah, Jesus, Messiah, Messianic, Phison, Power, Psalms, Samuel, Sirach, Some Christians
related to Translation into Koine Greek · 27
Book of Sirach → Alexandria, At, BCE, Ben Sira's, Book, Egypt, Euergetes, God's, Greek, Hasmonean, He, Hebrew, High Priesthood, Koine Greek, Of, Ptolemaic, Ptolemy III Euergetes, Ptolemy VIII, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, Septuagint
related to Authorship · 22
Book of Sirach → Acts, Akeldama, Among, Aramaic, BCE, Ben Sira, Biblical Hebrew, Book, Chi, Eleazar, Greek, He, Hebrew, Hellenistic Jewish, Jerusalem, Joshua, Second Temple, Sira, Sirach, The Greek
related to Manuscripts · 20
Book of Sirach → According, Although, Biblical Hebrew, Book, Cairo Geniza, Frederic, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, However, Kenyon, Masoretes, Mišlē, Proverbs, Sira, Sirach, Sirā, Solomon Schechter, The, The Book, Wisdom
related to Date and historical setting · 16
Book of Sirach → Antiochus IV Epiphanes, BCE, Because, High Priest, Jason, Menelaus, Onias, Onias II, Onias III, Seleucid, Simon, Simon's, Sirach, The, The Book, This
related to Content · 15
Book of Sirach → Ben Sira, Ben Sira's, Book, By, God, He, Law, Many, Moses, Proverbs, Sirach, The, The Book, Verna Holyhead, Wisdom
related to Judaism · 12
Book of Sirach → BCE, Ben Sira, Ben Sira's, Book, Daniel, Despite, For, Jewish, Jewish Christians, Others, Sirach, Some
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Book of Sirach → collection of ethical teachings that closely resembles Proverbs, intertestamental text found in the Apocrypha

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sirach book hebrew ben wisdom jewish text canon sira greek bible bce jesus although god written son also scholars biblical

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Book of SirachDeuteronomyDevarim1.00infobox
Book of SirachExodusShemot1.00infobox
Book of SirachGenesisBereshit1.00infobox
Book of SirachLeviticusWayiqra1.00infobox
Book of SirachNumbersBemidbar1.00infobox
Book of Sirachis aintertestamental text found in the Apocrypha0.90text
Book of Sirachis acollection of ethical teachings that closely resembles Proverbs0.90text
Book of Sirachrelated to AuthorshipYeshua0.60section
Book of Sirachrelated to AuthorshipEleazar0.60section
Book of Sirachrelated to AuthorshipSira0.60section
Book of Sirachrelated to AuthorshipBen Sira0.60section
Book of Sirachrelated to AuthorshipGreek0.60section

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