Sirach

Summary

Sirach is a religious text^[1]. Sirach ranks in the top 9% of religious_text entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (762 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sirach authored Ben Sira^[3].
• Sirach's instance of is recorded as religious text^[4].
• Sirach's instance of is recorded as literary work^[5].
• Sirach's genre is wisdom literature^[6].
• Sirach followed Book of Wisdom^[7].
• Sirach is part of deuterocanonical books^[8].
• Sirach is part of Jewish apocryphon^[9].
• Sirach's Commons category is recorded as Ecclesiasticus^[10].
• Sirach's language of work or name is recorded as Hebrew^[11].
• Sirach's has edition or translation is recorded as Q29552979^[12].
• Sirach's has edition or translation is recorded as Q47490482^[13].
• Sirach's has edition or translation is recorded as Q47490550^[14].
• Sirach's has edition or translation is recorded as Bible. Ecclesiasticus^[15].
• Sirach's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ecclesiasticus^[16].
• Sirach's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• Sirach's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[18].
• Sirach's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[19].
• Sirach's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[20].
• Sirach's described by source is recorded as Toldoth Tannaim veAmoraim^[21].
• Sirach's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[22].
• Sirach's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Sirach's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Jesus Sirach'}^[24].
• Sirach's title is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Σοφία Σειράχ'}^[25].
• Sirach's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Ecclesiasticus'}^[26].
• Sirach's title is recorded as {'lang': 'hbo', 'text': 'ספר בן־סירא'}^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Sirach authored Ben Sira^[3].

Publication

Sirach's language of work or name is recorded as Hebrew^[11]. Sirach's genre is wisdom literature^[6]. Part of include deuterocanonical books^[8], a religious text^[28] and Jewish apocryphon^[9], a literary genre^[29].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Sirach followed Book of Wisdom^[7].

Why It Matters

Sirach ranks in the top 9% of religious_text entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (762 views/month).^[2] Sirach has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Sirach is known by 125 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]