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Definition of Sirach
1. Noun. An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect).
Generic synonyms: Book
Group relationships: Apocrypha, Sapiential Book, Wisdom Book, Wisdom Literature
Definition of Sirach
1. Proper noun. (biblical) Ecclesiasticus, a book of the Bible. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sirach
Literary usage of Sirach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
""There is a right praiseworthy book of Jesus the son of Sirach and a pseudepigraphical
one which is called the Wisdom of Solomon. ..."
2. The Doctrine of Sacred Scripture: A Critical, Historical, and Dogmatic by George Trumbull Ladd (1883)
"The witness of Jesus Sirach cannot be interpreted, however, so as to prove that
... l The Book of Sirach itself makes pretensions to prophetic and canonical ..."
3. The History of Israel by Heinrich Ewald, Russell Martineau, Joseph Estlin Carpenter (1880)
"The Progress of Culture in Palestine—The Son of Sirach. In Palestine, and
particularly in Jerusalem itself, there was far too stout a kernel of the ancient ..."
4. The Jewish Religion by Michael Friedländer (1891)
"The Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach.—Proverbs, maxims, and moral lessons ...
son of Sirach of Jerusalem. After having studied the Law, the Prophets, ..."
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