Wisdom, Cosmos, and Cultus in the Book of Sirach, by A. Jordan Schmidt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21586160 |
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| Authors | Benjamin G Wright (0000-0001-5277-0099, 1 Lehigh University Department of Religion Studies USA Bethlehem, PA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 113-115 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-09 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dead Sea Discoveries (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0929-0761 • E-ISSN: 1568-5179 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685179-02801002 |
| OpenAlex | W3132320882 |
| Language | EN |
A. Jordan Schmidt, Wisdom, Cosmos, and Cultus in the Book of Sirach. DCLS 42. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019. Hardback. Pp. xiii + 505. € 129.95/$ 149.99. ISBN 9783110601107.This volume publishes a “slightly revised version” of the author’s Catholic University of America Ph.D. dissertation. Schmidt articulates his main thesis right away: “[I]t will be demonstrated that Ben Sira’s doctrine of the well-ordered cosmos is a kind of substratum to his thought through which seemingly disparate teachings may be related to one another” (1). The two main parts of the book focus on Ben Sira’s teaching on the cosmos and
Art history · Biblical studies · Dead Sea Scrolls · Doctrine · Hebrew Bible · Jewish studies · Judaism · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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