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The Wisdom of Ben Sira contains numerous supplemental and interpretive additions present to varying degrees in the extant textual witnesses. Soon after the discovery of the Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira many scholars began to theorize that the additions witnessed in some Greek manuscripts and to a lesser extent Lat and Syr originated in a secondary form of the Hebrew text (HebII). The chapter outlines the features of GrII, since it is the best witness to an expanded recension of Ben Sira and then briefly introduces the Lat additions before considering the evidence for a revision of the Hebrew text underlying these additions. The Latin translation of Ben Sira is essentially the same in the Vetus Latina and Vulgate versions, except for the later addition of the grandsons Prologue and the Praise of the Fathers (chapters 4450). Keywords: Ben Sira; Greek manuscripts; GrI; Hebrew; Syr; textual witnesses |
