Book of Sirach

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Jewish religious text biblical book deuterocanonical book sapiential book wisdom literature

The Book of Sirach is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom text offering practical moral instruction and reflections on piety, ethics, and the law.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Sirach 5
Ecclesiasticus 1
Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious text ⓘ
biblical book ⓘ
deuterocanonical book ⓘ
sapiential book ⓘ
wisdom literature ⓘ
canonicalStatusInCatholicChurch deuterocanonical ⓘ
canonicalStatusInEasternOrthodoxChurch deuterocanonical ⓘ
canonicalStatusInEthiopianOrthodoxTewahedoChurch scripture ⓘ
canonicalStatusInJewishTanakh non-canonical ⓘ
canonicalStatusInOrientalOrthodoxChurches scripture ⓘ
canonicalStatusInProtestantBibles apocryphal ⓘ
containsSection hymn in praise of the ancestors ⓘ
instructions on family life ⓘ
instructions on friendship ⓘ
instructions on speech ⓘ
instructions on wealth and poverty ⓘ
praise of wisdom ⓘ
dateWritten early 2nd century BCE ⓘ
emphasizes almsgiving ⓘ
fear of the Lord ⓘ
honor of parents ⓘ
observance of the Torah ⓘ
wisdom as gift of God ⓘ
focusesOn ethics ⓘ
piety ⓘ
practical moral instruction ⓘ
the law ⓘ
foundIn Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ
surface form: Dead Sea Scrolls fragments
genre wisdom ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Book of Sirach ⓘ
surface form: Ecclesiasticus

Book of Sirach ⓘ
surface form: Sirach

Book of Sirach ⓘ
surface form: The Wisdom of Ben Sira

Book of Sirach ⓘ
surface form: Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach
hasAuthor Ben Sira ⓘ
hasLanguage Greek ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
hasTranslator grandson of Ben Sira ⓘ
includedIn Septuagint ⓘ
influenced Christian moral teaching ⓘ
literaryForm didactic discourse ⓘ
poetic maxims ⓘ
originalLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Jerusalem ⓘ
survivesIn Greek manuscripts ⓘ
Latin manuscripts ⓘ
Syriac manuscripts ⓘ
medieval Hebrew manuscripts ⓘ
translationLanguage Greek ⓘ
usedIn Catholic liturgy ⓘ
Byzantine Rite ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox liturgy

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orit → contains → Book of Sirach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)
Book of Sirach → hasAlternativeName → Book of Sirach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sirach
Book of Sirach → hasAlternativeName → Book of Sirach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ecclesiasticus
Book of Sirach → hasAlternativeName → Book of Sirach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach
Book of Sirach → hasAlternativeName → Book of Sirach ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Wisdom of Ben Sira
Wisdom Literature → hasExample → Book of Sirach ⓘ
Douay–Rheims Bible → includesBook → Book of Sirach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sirach
Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Book of Sirach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wisdom of Sirach
this entity surface form: Sirach
this entity surface form: Sirach
this entity surface form: Sirach
Ezekiel → mentionedIn → Book of Sirach ⓘ
Second Temple Judaism → producedText → Book of Sirach ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wisdom of Ben Sira