An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
Sinônimos
Examples for "Ben Sira"
Examples for "Ben Sira"
1In general Ben Sira voices the wholesome Jewish attitude toward labor:
2The book containing the writings of Ben Sira was known under a variety of titles.
3Apparently the first half of the book consists of notes based on Ben Sira's early teachings.
4The writings of Ben Sira reveal the close connection between the earlier wise and the later scribes.
5The Teachings of Ben Sira.
1At length his eye fell upon them in the Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.
2The Latin Church followed the Greek in calling it Ecclesiasticus.
3Title: The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision
4When he woke, Lenny knew exactly the passage they had been hunting for: Ecclesiasticus 2.
5Project Gutenberg EBook The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus
1Josephus, and Philo, and Sirach extolled him in their writings.
2Jesus the son of Sirach prefigures the Messiah as a Prophet and a Doctor.
3In the Greek version, however, he is known simply as Jesus, the son of Sirach.
4Date and Character of Jesus the Son of Sirach.-II
5All except David and Hezekiah and Josiah, were defective, says Jesus Sirach (xlix.
6Date and Character of Jesus, the Son of Sirach.
7A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach.
8Jesus, son of Sirach, and Hillel, had uttered aphorisms almost as exalted as those of Jesus.
9On the one side, Sirach, the author of this Apocryphal work, does not hesitate (ch.
10Then, another Scripture, "As moths from a garment, so from a woman wickedness" (Sirach xlii.)
11The author was Jesus the son of Sirach of Jerusalem, who flourished about two hundred years before Christ.
13One sees clearly from Sirach l., and from more than one statement of Josephus (e.g., Ant., xviii.
14Ben Sira, or Sirach, was apparently his family name, while Jesus is the Greek equivalent of Jeshua or Joshua.
15Preston quotes Jesus ben Sirach, {mи йmpipte hнna mи epoorthкs, kaм mи makrаn aphнstoo hнna mи epilesthкs}.