Iconic Books and Texts - Sacred texts (HRLC) - James W. Watts
21. Possessing the Iconic Book: Ben Sira as Case Study
Iconic Books and Texts - Sacred texts (HRLC) - James W. Watts
Claudia V. Camp
Description
This chapter suggests that the conflicted perceptions of gender in Ben Sira’s text is fundamental to his appropriation of, and attempt to produce, authoritative religious literature, and thus essential for understanding his relationship to this emerging canon.