Ecclesiasticus

Deuterocanonical · Poetic Books · 51 chapters

Ben Sira’s long collection of teachings on everyday life, family, friendship and prayer, ending with a hymn praising Israel’s ancestors.

FamilyWisdomWorship

Context

Genre: Wisdom instruction
Authorship: Jesus son of Sirach (Ben Sira)His grandson translated it into Greek, as the prologue says.
Date: early 2nd century BCE
Setting: Jerusalem
Original language: Hebrew, with an early Greek translation
In the original: חָכְמָהchokmah — wisdom
Related texts: Proverbs 1–9 · instruction of wisdomWisdom of Solomon 6–9 · wisdom praised

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