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Document Details : Title: Fast Talk Subtitle: Ben Sira's Thoughts on Speech in Sir 5:9-6:1 Author(s): REYMOND, Eric D. Journal: Revue de Qumran Volume: 26 Issue: 2 Date: numéro 102, 2013 Pages: 253-273 DOI: 10.2143/RQ.26.2.3203293 Abstract : This paper analyzes a single passage from the Book of Ben Sira, Sir 5:9-6:1, in order to demonstrate how each ancient version of this passage reveals a slightly different emphasis or idea. Each version, moreover, exhibits a distinct structure that reflects its specific idea. The significance of this for the book as a whole is that it illustrates how an ancient reader’s or scribe’s wish to find or impose a coherence in the text could lead to him or her altering the text in deliberate as well as accidental ways. |
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