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Simon and the Actualization of Wisdom in the Jerusalem Temple

  • Greg Schmidt Goering
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Abstract

Scholars have highlighted Ben Sira’s ethical teaching while downplaying his treatment of ritual. This article demonstrates that Ben Sira also held in high esteem the ritual commandments of the Torah, and it shows the centrality of Israel’s cultic piety to the sage’s understanding of Wisdom. Specifically, it argues that Ben Sira understood the activities of Simon the High Priest to be an actualization of primordial Wisdom within the Jerusalem temple. The sage constructs his portrait of Wisdom and Simon a s ideal figures from the scriptural traditions he inherited.

Abstract

Scholars have highlighted Ben Sira’s ethical teaching while downplaying his treatment of ritual. This article demonstrates that Ben Sira also held in high esteem the ritual commandments of the Torah, and it shows the centrality of Israel’s cultic piety to the sage’s understanding of Wisdom. Specifically, it argues that Ben Sira understood the activities of Simon the High Priest to be an actualization of primordial Wisdom within the Jerusalem temple. The sage constructs his portrait of Wisdom and Simon a s ideal figures from the scriptural traditions he inherited.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Preface VII
  4. Bibliography of Benjamin G. Wright III (1984–2017) XI
  5. Part 1: Figures
  6. Moses in the Septuagint 3
  7. Adding Profile to Moses and Joshua 21
  8. No Small Difference When Introducing Samuel in Sirach 46:13 30
  9. David in the Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 56
  10. The Reception of the Figure of David in Late Antique Synagogue Art 71
  11. A New Suggestion Concerning the Enigmatic Elioud of the Book of the Watchers 91
  12. Simon and the Actualization of Wisdom in the Jerusalem Temple 105
  13. Part 2: Scriptures
  14. The Book of Ruth as Social Commentary in Early Judaism 127
  15. Glimpses into Ben Sira’s Society 140
  16. Exemplars of Humility and the Discourse of Authority in Second Temple Judaism 151
  17. Gibberish? 164
  18. Die Idee von „Geschichte“ im 2. Makkabäerbuch 178
  19. Where’s Rome? 197
  20. King and God 211
  21. List of contributors 231
  22. Index 233
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110596373-007

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Preface VII
  4. Bibliography of Benjamin G. Wright III (1984–2017) XI
  5. Part 1: Figures
  6. Moses in the Septuagint 3
  7. Adding Profile to Moses and Joshua 21
  8. No Small Difference When Introducing Samuel in Sirach 46:13 30
  9. David in the Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 56
  10. The Reception of the Figure of David in Late Antique Synagogue Art 71
  11. A New Suggestion Concerning the Enigmatic Elioud of the Book of the Watchers 91
  12. Simon and the Actualization of Wisdom in the Jerusalem Temple 105
  13. Part 2: Scriptures
  14. The Book of Ruth as Social Commentary in Early Judaism 127
  15. Glimpses into Ben Sira’s Society 140
  16. Exemplars of Humility and the Discourse of Authority in Second Temple Judaism 151
  17. Gibberish? 164
  18. Die Idee von „Geschichte“ im 2. Makkabäerbuch 178
  19. Where’s Rome? 197
  20. King and God 211
  21. List of contributors 231
  22. Index 233
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