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Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira  Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben SiraBen Sira, or Ben Sirach (Hebrew: בן סירא), also known as Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira (fl. 2nd century BCE) was a Hellenistic Jewish scribe, sage, and allegorist from Jerusalem. He is the author of the Book of Sirach, also known as the Book of Ecclesiasticus. He wrote his work in Hebrew, possibly in Alexandria, Egypt ca. 180–175 BCE, where he is thought to have established a school. Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Tag acrostic | Alphabetic Acrostic | Cairo Geniza | Classical Antiquity | Dead Sea Scrolls | deuterocanonical works | Ecclesiasticus | hymns of creation | Jews of Alexandria | Mar'eh Kohen | מוסר mussar | Openers | reconstructed text | wisdom | 2nd century B.C.E. | 36th century A.M. Filter resources by Name Filtered by tag: “Openers” (clear filter) Sorted Chronologically (new to old). Sort oldest first? 💬 בן סירא מב:כא-מג:לא | ben Sira 42:21-43:31, a hymn of creation translated by Rabbi Mordecai KaplanContributed on: 21 Jul 2018 by Mordecai Kaplan | Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) | ❧ Ecclesiasticus (ben Sira) 42:21-43:31 is presented as “God the Lord of Nature” in The Sabbath Prayer Book of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (The Reconstructionist Foundation 1945), p. 376-372 in the Supplements subsection, “God in Nature.” The text of Ben Sira used here differs in places found in other manuscripts. . . . | ||
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