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Document Details : Title: Ben Sira et l'abeille (Sir 11,2-3) Subtitle: Étude d'une métaphore Author(s): OBEID, Charlotte Journal: Biblica Volume: 105 Issue: 2 Date: 2024 Pages: 191-203 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.105.2.3293540 Abstract : This article aims to study the metaphor of the bee in the Hebrew text of Sirach (Sir 11,2-3). In this text, Ben Sira recommends against judging according to appearances (11.2) and justifies his exhortation by giving the concrete example of the bee (11.3), an animal of very modest size that produces large quantities of honey. Although this positive image of the bee seems to be common among the neighboring cultures in Israel (Egyptian and Greek), it is absent in the OT because the biblical authors show a suspicious attitude towards this insect. |
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