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Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira
Ben 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.
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.
Paltiel Birnbaum (translation) | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) | Mordecai Kaplan
Wise Counsel: Selected verses from the Book of ben Sira for a Seliḥot Service by Paltiel Birnbaum
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 . . .
