Praise Israel for wisdom and instruction : essays on Ben Sira and wisdom, the Letter of Aristeas and the Septuagint / by Benjamin G. Wright III.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Wisdom and women at Qumran -- From generation to generation: the sage as father in early Jewish literature -- The categories of rich and poor in the Qumran sapiential literature -- "Who has been tested by gold and found perfect?" Ben Sira's discourse of riches and poverty (with Claudia V. Camp) -- "Fear the Lord and honor the priest": Ben Sira as defender of the Jerusalem priesthood -- "Put the nations in fear of you": Ben Sira and the problem of foreign rule -- Wisdom, instruction and social location in Ben Sira and 1 Enoch -- Ben Sira on the sage as exemplar -- B. Sanhedrin 100b and rabbinic knowledge of Ben Sira -- The Jewish scriptures in Greek: the Septuagint in the context of ancient translation activity -- Terms and social status in the meeting of Hebrew-biblical and Hellenistic-Roman culture -- Access to the source: Cicero, Ben Sira, the Septuagint and their audiences -- The Letter of Aristeas and the reception history of the Septuagint -- Translation as Scripture: the Septuagint in Aristeas and Philo -- Three Jewish ritual practices in Aristeas 158-160.