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Syrach

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The Book of Sirach (, ), also known as The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach or Ecclesiasticus (, and abbreviated Ecclus.) is a Jewish work, originally written in Biblical Hebrew. The longest extant wisdom book from antiquity, it consists of ethical teachings, written approximately between 196 and 175 BCE by Yeshua ben Eleazar ben Sira (Ben Sira), a Hellenistic Jewish scribe of the Second Temple period.
Ben Sira's grandson translated the text... more

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