TY - JOUR
AU - Liesen, Jan
AB -  436 Review of Books / Journal for the Study of Judaism 41 (2010) 366-438 Praise Israel for Wisdom and Instruction: Essays on Ben Sira and Wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint. By Benjamin G. Wright III. (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 131). Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2008. Pp. xv, 361. Cloth with dust jacket. €119.00 / US$ 189.00. ISBN 978-90-04-16908-1. This volume contains 15 articles written between 1997 and 2007 by Benjamin G. Wright III (Lehigh University). These articles have in common not only the time frame but also a curious quality that the author describes as “boundary crossing” and that has everything to do with methodology. The articles revolve around three main themes: translation technique, social location, and transmis- sion of tradition, but they can also be, and in fact are, grouped as studies in the field of “Ben Sira and Early Jewish Wisdom” (9 articles) and “The Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint” (6 articles). The decade in which the articles were written has seen a lot of development in the field of Old Testament and cognate studies. Leo Perdue ( The Collapse of His- tory , 1994) wrote about 
TI - Praise Israel for Wisdom and Instruction: Essays on Ben Sira and Wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint
JF - Journal for the Study of Judaism
DO - 10.1163/157006310X504017
DA - 2010-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/praise-israel-for-wisdom-and-instruction-essays-on-ben-sira-and-wisdom-2POdtyYm6j
SP - 436
EP - 436
VL - 41
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
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