Ben Sira and Demotic Wisdom (SBL Monograph Series, No. 28)

It is the purpose of this study to shed further light on one identifiable strand of tradition in Ben Sira that has not received adequate clarification heretofore - namely, Egyptian wisdom of the Ptolemaic period - and, in so doing, to reach a more adequate definition of the thinking of this erudite and thoughtful ancient sage. [From the Introduction]