Sirach

First Testament

Second Testament

Sirach

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Timeline

These deuterocanonical books were received as scripture in many Greek-speaking Jewish and Christian communities.

Hellenistic (332-63 BC) Roman (63 BC on)

200 150 100 50 0 AD

TobitTob

JudithJdt

Greek EstherEsth Gr

Greek DanielDan Gr

SirachSir

BaruchBar

Wisdom of SolomonWisdom of SolWis

1 Maccabees1 Macc

2 Maccabees2 Macc

Maccabean Revolt167-160 BC Pompey takes Jerusalem63 BC

Chapters

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Outline

The praise and pursuit of wisdom 1:1-23:27
Wisdom's self-praise and practical counsel 24:1-42:14
The glory of God in creation 42:15-43:33
Praise of the ancestors 44:1-50:29
Prayer and epilogue 51:1-30

Manuscript witnesses

Major codices

Codex Vaticanus — c. 300–325 AD

One of the oldest near-complete Bibles in Greek, held in the Vatican Library.

Codex Sinaiticus — c. 330–360 AD

A fourth-century majuscule containing the complete New Testament.

Other witnesses

Masada Ben Sira Scroll — c. 100-75 BC

A Hebrew scroll of Ben Sira (Sirach) recovered from Masada, a witness to the lost Hebrew original.

Cairo Geniza Ben Sira — c. 11th-12th c. AD

Medieval Hebrew manuscripts of Sirach from the Cairo Geniza, preserving much of the original Hebrew text.

Sources

a Coogan, Michael D. The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures, 4th ed. Oxford University Press, 2018.