Texts and Contexts of the Book of Sirach / Texte und Kontexte des Sirachbuches

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Texts and Contexts of the Book of Sirach / Texte und Kontexte des Sirachbuches is written by Gerhard Karner and published by SBL Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0884142299 (ISBN 10) and 9780884142294 (ISBN 13).

Now available from SBL Press Thirteen essays, some in German and others in English, tackle the complicated history of textual transmission of Sirach. This book presents the proceedings of an international conference held in 2014 in Eichstaett, Germany on the text of Ben Sira within its historical contexts.Contributors include James K. Aitken, Pierre-Maurice Bogaert, Franz Böhmisch, Anthony J. Forte SJ, Jan Joosten, Otto Kaiser, Siegfried Kreuzer, Jean-Sébastien Rey, Werner Urbanz, Knut Usener, Oda Wischmeyer, Markus Witte, Benjamin G. Wright, and Burkard M. Zapff. Features: A sociocultural and theological history of Sirach Philological and textual problems of the Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions Translation strategies based on Greek, Syriac, and Latin text traditions and related hermeneutical questions