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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Wido Thvan PeursenThe Peshitta of Ben Sira: Jewish and/or Christian?http://syriaca.org/cbss/QCKGJHBPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/QCKGJHBPhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/QCKGJHBPAramaic Studies2:22004243-262The religious context in which the Syriac translation of the Bible originated is a much-debated issue. Some scholars argue that it originated in a Jewish context, others that it has a Christian background. Also various hypotheses about a Jewish-Christian origin have been put forward. This paper argues that the question 'Jewish or Christian?' and even the question 'Jewish, Christian, or Jewish-Christian?' is an oversimplification of the problem because of the broad Jewish-Christian spectrum that existed in the first centuries of the Common Era. The paper concentrates on the Syriac translation of Ben Sira, which has some undeniable traces of an origin somewhere on the Christian side of the spectrum.
Peursen, Wido Th van. βThe Peshitta of Ben Sira: Jewish and/or Christian?β Aramaic Studies 2:2 (2004): 243β62.
Wido Th van Peursen, The Peshitta of Ben Sira: Jewish and/or Christian?,Aramaic Studies 2:2 (2004): 243β62.Ben SiraI-III CEJewish backgroundJewish-Christian relationsOT apocryphaOld TestamentPeshitta OT