47. Peter Beckman: How the wisdom of Ben Sira has impacted the church (Sirach, Ecclesiasticus)

Ben Sira (also known as Sirach or Ecclesiasticus) is one of our most important sources of ancient Hebrew literature. It is also one of 7 books that belong to the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books of the Bible. This great source from second temple Judaism has played an important role to the Christianity since the early church. Our guest, Peter Beckman, is completing his PhD at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Ontario and is a pastor at a Lutheran church. We discuss a number of topics: 

• The placement (or lack thereof) of Ben Sira in the biblical canon
• The different names for the book and what they show 
• The author of Ben Sira 
• The differences between the Hebrew and Greek versions 
• The purpose, style, and message of the book of Ben Sira 
• The unique prologue to the Greek version of Ben Sira 
• How Ben Sira navigates challenges that people of faith deal with today 
• How Ben Sira interprets Scripture 
• The “canon consciousness” of Ben Sira 
• We have a little debate about literacy and the target audience of Ben Sira
•  How has the book of Ben Sira been used in the church throughout history up to today in different denominations 
• How all wisdom should lead to worship and prayer

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