Simon the High Priest in Sirach 50: An Exegetical Study of the Significance of Simon the High Priest As Climax to the Praise of the Fathers in Ben Sira's Concept of the History of IsraelBRILL, 1 בינו׳ 2003 - 413 עמודים The present exegetical study in the Hebrew and Greek versions of Sirach 50 deals with the wisdom tradition, personified in Simon the High Priest, who is called "the Just" in the rabbinical tradition. As a genuine eyewitness Ben Sira offers proof of Simons significance in the re-building of Jerusalem as climax of the Praise of the Fathers on Rosh Hashanah. His re-writing of Israels history ends with a polemic against the legality of the Samaritan temple and a direct allusion to the author's name. The volume examines three new pictures of the original Geniza-fragments found in 1896. The comparison of both versions provides an impressive picture of the development of Israels religion in the Second Temple period from 200-132 BCE. |
תוכן
Simon in the Hebrew version of Ben Sira | 3 |
5 | 23 |
51 | 70 |
promise | 85 |
Simon in the Greek version of Jesus Sirach | 262 |
Simon the Righteous High Priest | 317 |
| 375 | |
Abbreviations | 391 |
| 399 | |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Aaron actant acting subject Adam altar Antiochus Antiochus III appear basis Ben Sira Berlin blessing burnt offerings cola concludes considers context contrast covenant with Phinehas demarcation texts divine name employed Enoch established evident expression Fathers feast glory God's grandson Greek Hebrew Hebrew text High Priest holy interpretation Israel Jerusalem Jesus Sirach Jewish Joseph Josephus juncture Leiden Lella Lévi literary unit manuscripts Marböck Masada merkabah Moses Mount Gerizim Nieuwegein niphal Onias P.C. Beentjes perspective Phinehas Praise prayer priesthood priestly prophetic Psalm Qumran reading recto reference remembrance respect Rosh Hashanah sacrifice Samaria Samaritans sanctuary Schechter Scheltrede Scroll Second Temple Segal segment Septuagint serves Shechem significance Sira Sira's Sirach 50 Smend sofer song structure subdivision Tanakh temple in Jerusalem term text edition text-critical textual tion Torah tradition translation verb verse verso vision Weisheit wisdom word combination YHWH ἐν καὶ