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eclesiástico An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
Synonyms
Examples for "Ben Sira"
Examples for "Ben Sira"
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In general Ben Sira voices the wholesome Jewish attitude toward labor:
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The book containing the writings of Ben Sira was known under a variety of titles.
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Apparently the first half of the book consists of notes based on Ben Sira's early teachings.
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The writings of Ben Sira reveal the close connection between the earlier wise and the later scribes.
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The Teachings of Ben Sira.
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Josephus, and Philo, and Sirach extolled him in their writings.
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Jesus the son of Sirach prefigures the Messiah as a Prophet and a Doctor.
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In the Greek version, however, he is known simply as Jesus, the son of Sirach.
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Date and Character of Jesus the Son of Sirach.-II
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All except David and Hezekiah and Josiah, were defective, says Jesus Sirach (xlix.
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At length his eye fell upon them in the Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.
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The Latin Church followed the Greek in calling it Ecclesiasticus.
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Title: The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision
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When he woke, Lenny knew exactly the passage they had been hunting for: Ecclesiasticus 2.
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Project Gutenberg EBook The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus
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Other night I was reading the works of Ecclesiasticus.
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Again, Ecclesiasticus, verse so and so-Mr.
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In this week of harvest, the message of Ecclesiasticus will banish discordant noises that deafen us to the Truth.
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In side 20 parishioners listened to the reading from the book of Ecclesiasticus Resentment and anger, these are foul things
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For the Scripture lesson he read a fine passage from Ecclesiasticus**, from which he also took his text.
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The book in its earlier form was evidently known to Ben Sira, the author of Ecclesiasticus, who lived about 180 B.C.
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At the very time when Graetz thinks that agriculture had superseded pastoral pursuits in general esteem, the Book of Ecclesiasticus was written.
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It might also be replied [*The Book of Ecclesiasticus was not as yet declared by the Church to be Canonical Scripture; Cf.
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(The passage from Ecclesiasticus in the last quotation is not Scripture.)
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Ecclesiasticus saith, "The prayer of a good and godly Christian availeth more to health, than the physician's physic."
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Ecclesiasticus, likewise, says, chap.