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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 Collaborator Name Paltiel Birnbaum (translation) | Mordecai Kaplan | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range Resources filtered by TAG: “wisdom” (clear filter) Sorted Chronologically (new to old). Sort oldest first? Contributed by: Paltiel Birnbaum (translation), Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira, Aharon N. Varady (transcription) Selected verses from the book of ben Sira for a Seliḥot service . . . | ||
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