CBC: Ecclesiasticus Wisdom of Jesus: 0 - Brossura

Snaith, John G.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521097754 ISBN 13: 9780521097758

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Jesus ben Sira was a Jewish teacher who probably lived in Jerusalem and wrote this book in about 190 BC. Translated into Greek by his grandson, it became popular among the Greek-speaking Jews of the Dispersion and passed into use in the Christian church because of that traditional popularity. It is a collection of wise sayings, in poetic form and always practical, much of it looking forward to later rabbinic and Christian teaching. Mr Snaith introduces the book and comments on it in the style established for this series. The full text is given, and the commentary is interwoven between short passages of text.

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Descrizione del libro:

Jesus ben Sira was a Jewish teacher who probably lived in Jerusalem and wrote this book in about 190 BC. Translated into Greek by his grandson, it became popular among the Greek-speaking Jews of the Dispersion and passed into use in the Christian church because of that traditional popularity.

Contenuti:

1. The ways of wisdom; 2. Mans life under divine providence; 3. Maxims of prudence and self-discipline; 4. The praise of wisdom; 5. Counsels upon social behaviour; 6. True piety and the mercy of God; 7. Man in Society; 8. The wonders of creation; 9. Heroes of Israel's past.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521097754
• ISBN 13: 9780521097758
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 284