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 ER -