Philo of Alexandria and Greek Ben Sira

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Table of Contents XI
4. MAIN PAPERS
5. The Penumbra of the Canon: What Do the Deuterocanonical Books Represent? 1
6. Some Brief Notes on the Early History of the Deuterocanonici: A Response to John Collins 19
7. Hellenization and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature 29
8. Hellenization and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature: A Response to Ben Wright 69
9. Short Notes on Ben Wright’s “Hellenization and Jewish Identity in the Deuterocanonical Literature” 83
10. Wisdom in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literatures 89
11. Creation, Torah, and Revealed Wisdom in Some Second Temple Sapiential Texts (Sirach, 4QInstruction, 4Q185, and 4Q525): A Response to John Kampen 121
12. THEMATIC STUDIES
13. Philo of Alexandria and Greek Ben Sira 145
14. Images of Imparting Knowledge in Ben Sira and Proverbs 173
15. The Figure of Moses in the Book of Wisdom 183
16. Apocalypticism and Narration in the Book of Tobit 207
17. “What About the Dog?” Tobit’s Mysterious Canine Revisited 221
18. Wisdom in the Book of Tobit 247
19. APPENDIX
20. Mr. Deuterocanonical Literature (1546–2013): A Brief Vita of a Controversial Religious Figure 261
21. Index of Modern Authors 265
22. Index of Passages 271