Description: The present volume brings together studies by some of the best specialists on the texts and versions of the Book of Ben Sira. Each textual form is placed in its own historical context and analysed in regard to what explains the typical changes it contains.
Brief description:
Jean-Sébastien Rey, ThD (2006), Strasbourg and Leuven, is Maître de Conférences at the Paul Verlaine University in Metz, France. His fields of research are the sapiential litterature of the Hellenistic Period, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Jan Joosten, PhD (1989) Jerusalem, ThD (1994) Brussels, is Professor of Old Testament Exegesis at the Strasbourg University, France. His fields of special interest are the Septuagint and Hebrew syntax.