Texts And Contexts Of The Book Of Sirach / Texte Und Kontexte Des Sirachbuches (Septuagint And Cognate Studies)

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 B÷hmisch, Anthony J. Forte SJ, Jan Joosten, Otto Kaiser, Siegfried Kreuzer, Jean-S?bastien 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

• | Author: Gerhard Karner, Frank Ueberschaer, Burkard M. Zapff
• | Publisher: Sbl Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 18, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 342 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Religion
• | ISBN-10: 0884142302
• | ISBN-13: 9780884142300