Sirach
Jewish wisdom text from the early 2nd century BCE, part of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox biblical canons
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Sirach
Summary
Sirach is a religious text[1]. Sirach ranks in the top 9% of religious_text entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,121 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 Late Biblical Hebrew[11].
- 200 BC marks the founding of Sirach[12].
- Sirach's has edition or translation is recorded as Q29552979[13].
- Sirach's has edition or translation is recorded as Q47490482[14].
- Sirach's has edition or translation is recorded as Q47490550[15].
- Sirach's has edition or translation is recorded as Bible. Ecclesiasticus[16].
- Sirach's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ecclesiasticus[17].
- Sirach's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
- Sirach's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[19].
- Sirach's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[20].
- Sirach's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
- Sirach's described by source is recorded as Toldoth Tannaim veAmoraim[22].
- Sirach's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23].
- Sirach's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
- Sirach's title is recorded as Jesus Sirach[25].
- Sirach's title is recorded as Σοφία Σειράχ[26].
- Sirach's title is recorded as Ecclesiasticus[27].
Body
Authorship and Creation
Sirach authored Ben Sira[3].
Publication
Sirach's language of work or name is recorded as Late Biblical 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 (22,121 views/month).[2] Sirach has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Sirach is known by 168 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]