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eclesiástico An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
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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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Date and Character of Jesus, the Son of Sirach.
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A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach.
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Jesus, son of Sirach, and Hillel, had uttered aphorisms almost as exalted as those of Jesus.
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On the one side, Sirach, the author of this Apocryphal work, does not hesitate (ch.
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Then, another Scripture, "As moths from a garment, so from a woman wickedness" (Sirach xlii.)
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The author was Jesus the son of Sirach of Jerusalem, who flourished about two hundred years before Christ.
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Says the son of Sirach:
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One sees clearly from Sirach l., and from more than one statement of Josephus (e.g., Ant., xviii.
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Ben Sira, or Sirach, was apparently his family name, while Jesus is the Greek equivalent of Jeshua or Joshua.
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Preston quotes Jesus ben Sirach, {mи йmpipte hнna mи epoorthкs, kaм mи makrаn aphнstoo hнna mи epilesthкs}.
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Sirach v. 11; iv.