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See [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=sirach%2024:28-33&version=NABRE Sirach 24:28-33 NABRE]

See [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=sirach%2024:28-33&version=NABRE Sirach 24:28-33 NABRE]

Ben Sira unequivocally speaks about himself as a [[prophet]]. Having first drawn a small portion of the water of wisdom for his own private benefit, he found it so useful, he let others share in this boon by teaching them the lessons of wisdom. His explicit and direct comparison of his teaching to prophecy is bold and unique. Ben Sira’s teaching, like the words of the prophets, is proven to be of enduring value for all generations (v. 33).

Ben Sira unequivocally speaks about himself as a [[prophet]]. Having first drawn a small portion of the water of wisdom for his own private benefit, he found it so useful, he let others share in this boon by teaching them the lessons of wisdom. His explicit and direct comparison of his teaching to prophecy is bold and unique. Ben Sira's teaching, like the words of the prophets, is proven to be of enduring value for all generations (v. 33).

See [http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ecclesiasticus-Chapter-24/ King James Bible Apocrypha: Ecclesiasticus 24] ''scroll down to verses 23-34''.

See [http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ecclesiasticus-Chapter-24/ King James Bible Apocrypha: Ecclesiasticus 24] ''scroll down to verses 23-34''.

==Original language, Date==

==Original language, Date==

Between 1896 and 1900, again in 1931, and several times since 1956, incomplete manuscripts were discovered, so that more than two thirds of the book in Hebrew is available; these Hebrew texts agree substantially with the Greek. One such text, from Masada, is pre-Christian in date. Evidence shows that the book was in fact written in Hebrew in the early years of the second century B.C., and finished by ca. 175 B.C.. The text was translated into Greek by the author’s grandson after 117 B.C. He wrote a foreword which contains valuable information about the book, its author, and himself as translator. Until the close of the nineteenth century the Wisdom of Ben Sira was known to Christians in multiple translations, of which the Greek rendering was the most important. From it the Latin version was made. The most recent Catholic and Orthodox and Ecumenical translations and editions of the Bible provide critical translations based on the evidence of all the ancient texts, many of them containing copious notes.

Between 1896 and 1900, again in 1931, and several times since 1956, incomplete manuscripts were discovered, so that more than two thirds of the book in Hebrew is available; these Hebrew texts agree substantially with the Greek. One such text, from Masada, is pre-Christian in date. Evidence shows that the book was in fact written in Hebrew in the early years of the second century B.C., and finished by ca. 175 B.C.. The text was translated into Greek by the author's grandson after 117 B.C. He wrote a foreword which contains valuable information about the book, its author, and himself as translator. Until the close of the nineteenth century the Wisdom of Ben Sira was known to Christians in multiple translations, of which the Greek rendering was the most important. From it the Latin version was made. The most recent Catholic and Orthodox and Ecumenical translations and editions of the Bible provide critical translations based on the evidence of all the ancient texts, many of them containing copious notes.

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