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Sirach Foreword (Sirach 1:1)</blockquote>Sirach/Ecclesiasticus was first removed from the Old Testament and placed in the Apocrypha by [[Martin Luther]] in the 16th century. The Book of Sirach is regarded as an apocryphal book of the Old Testament by less than one-third of [[Christianity|Christian]] believers.<ref name=Prot/>
Sirach Foreword (Sirach 1:1)</blockquote>Sirach/Ecclesiasticus was first removed from the Old Testament and placed in the Apocrypha by [[Martin Luther]] in the 16th century. The Book of Sirach is regarded as an apocryphal book of the Old Testament by less than one-third of [[Christianity|Christian]] believers.<ref name=Prot/>
== Name ==
==Name==
The earliest title of the book seems to be '''The Wisdom of Ben Sira''', a title derived from the name of the author, "Yeshua [Jesus], son of Eleazar. son of Sira" (50:27). the later Latin designation "Liber Ecclesiasticus", literally "Book of the Church" (more simply, "Church Book") appended to some Greek and Latin manuscripts, is perhaps due to the traditionally extensive use the church made of this book as the standard text in presenting the basics of Christian moral teaching to the faithful, to children, young adults and catechumens. It has traditionally been called simply, ''Ecclesiasticus''. It is often confused with ''Ecclesiastes''. The title "Sirach" comes from the Greek form of the author's name, and is the listing of its name in more recent translations and versions of the Bible, for example, [[New American Bible|''The New American Bible, Revised Edition'' (2000) NABRE]].
The earliest title of the book seems to be '''The Wisdom of Ben Sira''', a title derived from the name of the author, "Yeshua [Jesus], son of Eleazar. son of Sira" (50:27). the later Latin designation "Liber Ecclesiasticus", literally "Book of the Church" (more simply, "Church Book") appended to some Greek and Latin manuscripts, is perhaps due to the traditionally extensive use the church made of this book as the standard text in presenting the basics of Christian moral teaching to the faithful, to children, young adults and catechumens. It has traditionally been called simply, ''Ecclesiasticus''. It is often confused with ''Ecclesiastes''. The title "Sirach" comes from the Greek form of the author's name, and is the listing of its name in more recent translations and versions of the Bible, for example, [[New American Bible|''The New American Bible, Revised Edition'' (2000) NABRE]].