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Scribal Culture in Ben Sira

Lindsey Askin

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Description:In Scribal Culture in Ben Sira Lindsey A. Askin purportedly explores how Ben Sira wrote his book of wisdom, and what insights scribal culture might bring to our understanding of his individual compositional techniques, particularly the physical handling of texts. The Book of Ben Sira, also known as Ecclesiasticus, Sirach, or the Wisdom of Ben Sira, was written in Hebrew sometime between 198 and 175 BCE, probably in Jerusalem. As a wisdom text containing many quotations and allusions to other texts, the physicality and mechanics of how the Book of Ben Sira was written deserve renewed analysis in light of scribal culture. This book asks whether Ben Sira’s compositional techniques make his text particularly original or imitative (or both) when placed in the context of scribal practices of reading, note-taking, drafting, and writing. Are there better ways of understanding how an ancient Jewish scribe such as Ben Sira composed his text, besides the anachronistic and somehow disappointing image of a solitary scribe copying words and phrases from numerous scrolls open directly in front of him? In order to examine Ben Sira’s compositional techniques in his historical and literary context, it is necessary to investigate the mechanics of how such textual quotations and allusions would be incorporated physically into writing. The aim is to explore the textual and sociocultural boundaries behind and beyond the recognizability of quotations, to see how the presentation of the text reflects upon Ben Sira as the author. By approaching the physicality and materiality of scribal culture, we might better appreciate the extent to which quotations and allusions in Second Temple literature, as cultural markers, demonstrate literary dexterity, as well as expose the literary importance of certain recognizable texts to a receptive audience.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Scribal Culture in Ben Sira. To get started finding Scribal Culture in Ben Sira, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 324

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Brill

Release: 2018

ISBN: 9004372865

Description: In Scribal Culture in Ben Sira Lindsey A. Askin purportedly explores how Ben Sira wrote his book of wisdom, and what insights scribal culture might bring to our understanding of his individual compositional techniques, particularly the physical handling of texts. The Book of Ben Sira, also known as Ecclesiasticus, Sirach, or the Wisdom of Ben Sira, was written in Hebrew sometime between 198 and 175 BCE, probably in Jerusalem. As a wisdom text containing many quotations and allusions to other texts, the physicality and mechanics of how the Book of Ben Sira was written deserve renewed analysis in light of scribal culture. This book asks whether Ben Sira’s compositional techniques make his text particularly original or imitative (or both) when placed in the context of scribal practices of reading, note-taking, drafting, and writing. Are there better ways of understanding how an ancient Jewish scribe such as Ben Sira composed his text, besides the anachronistic and somehow disappointing image of a solitary scribe copying words and phrases from numerous scrolls open directly in front of him? In order to examine Ben Sira’s compositional techniques in his historical and literary context, it is necessary to investigate the mechanics of how such textual quotations and allusions would be incorporated physically into writing. The aim is to explore the textual and sociocultural boundaries behind and beyond the recognizability of quotations, to see how the presentation of the text reflects upon Ben Sira as the author. By approaching the physicality and materiality of scribal culture, we might better appreciate the extent to which quotations and allusions in Second Temple literature, as cultural markers, demonstrate literary dexterity, as well as expose the literary importance of certain recognizable texts to a receptive audience.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Scribal Culture in Ben Sira. To get started finding Scribal Culture in Ben Sira, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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