Theological Alterations in the Syriac Translation of Ben Sira From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Winter, Michael M | Copyright Catholic Biblical Association of America Apr 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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IN 1977 I PUBLISHED the first results of my research on the translation of Ben Sira from Hebrew into Syriac.1 Internal evidence in the Syriac version indicates that it was a two-stage process and that the authors of those stages betray their identity by alterations to the Hebrew that are so numerous and clear that they must have been deliberate.21 identifi...

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