Ben Sira (Jésus fils de Sirach)
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Sage of Jerusalem, author of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), a collection of wisdom composed in Hebrew around 180 BCE. Although excluded from the Jewish canon, Hebrew fragments were found in the Cairo Genizah and at Qumran, attesting to its importance in Second Temple Judaism.
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- Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906), SIRACH, THE WISDOM OF JESUS THE SON OF, Funk & Wagnalls / JewishEncyclopedia.com (1906) ↗
- Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge University Library, Fragment of the Month: January 2011 (Cairo Genizah discovery of the Hebrew Ben Sira), Cambridge University Library (2011) ↗
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