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[[File:Fugger Ehrenbuch 001.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|An Illustration of Joshua Sirach in Das Geheime Ehrenbuch der Fugger by the painter Jörg Breu the Younger, 1545–1549]]

[[File:Fugger Ehrenbuch 001.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|An Illustration of Joshua Sirach in Das Geheime Ehrenbuch der Fugger by the painter Jörg Breu the Younger, 1545–1549]]

The '''Book of Sirach''', otherwise called ''The Wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach, or, '''Ecclesiasticus''''', originally written in [[Hebrew]], is part of the books of the [[Septuagint]], which is the Old Testament accepted as inspired and canonical by the [[Orthodox Church]] in the ''Greek Orthodox Bible''.  

The '''Book of Sirach''', otherwise called ''The Wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach, or, '''Ecclesiasticus''''', originally written in [[Hebrew]], is part of the books of the [[Septuagint]], which is the Old Testament accepted as inspired and [[Bible cannon|canonical]] by the [[Orthodox Church]] in the ''Greek Orthodox Bible''.  

The Book of Sirach is the longest extant book of wisdom preserved from ancient times, as written between roughly 200 and 175 B.C. by Yeshua ben Eleazar ben Sira (Ben Sira). He was a [[Hellenistic]] Jewish scribe who lived during the era of the [[Second Temple]].

The Book of Sirach is the longest extant book of wisdom preserved from ancient times, as written between roughly 200 and 175 B.C. by Yeshua ben Eleazar ben Sira (Ben Sira). He was a [[Hellenistic]] Jewish scribe who lived during the era of the [[Second Temple]].