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== 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 [[Morality|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]].

In the Protestant Apocrypha the Book of Sirach is called:

In the Protestant Apocrypha the Book of Sirach is called: