The Texts and Versions of the Book of Ben Sira Transmission and Interpretation

includes index and biblioraphy

Hebrew Texts of Ben Sira An Alternative hebrew form of Ben Sira: The Anthological manuscript C....................3 Reconstructions and Retroversions : Chance and challenges to the hebrew ben Sira Text..............23 Wordplay in the Hebrew to ben Sira ..................37 Animal Imagery in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sirach............55 Greek Versions of Ben Sira Translation greek in Sirach in Light of the Grandson`s Prologue ...........75 The literary attainment of the Translator of Greek Sirach .........95 Syriac Versions of Ben Sira Ben Sira in the Syriac Traditions ..............143 Archaic elements in the syriac version of Ben Sira ............167 Christian Features in the Peshitta text of Ben Sira: The Question of Dependency on the Syriac New Testament ............177 Latin Versions of Ben Sira The Old Latin Version of Sirach: Editio critica and textual Problems..............199