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Title: New Readings and New Senses in the Hebrew to the Wisdom of Ben Sira
Author(s): REYMOND, Eric D.
Journal: Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Volume: 54    Date: 2017   
Pages: 1-16
DOI: 10.2143/ANES.54.0.3206229

Abstract :
The present contribution proposes solutions to a handful of difficult phrases by confirming and proposing new readings (יד[ב]יקנ֯ו in Sir 9:10 Ms A; ע֗וש֗ר֯ 'wealth' Sir 11:10 Ms A; וד֗אי 'and right measure' Sir 31:28 Ms B); by demonstrating that words often dismissed as simple mistakes may, in fact, make sense, even if they derive ultimately from scribal lapses (ען 'dwells' Sir 40:15 Ms Bm; ומושל 'and one brought down' Sir 41:2 Ms Bm); and by suggesting the text that underlies still other mistakes (רעים for ראים* 'exalted' Sir 3:21 Ms C; מעט טעמחזון for מעטעט מחזון* 'he darts off from a vision...' Sir 40:6 Ms B).

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