Simon the High Priest in Sirach 50

This study in the Hebrew and Greek versions of Sirach 50 deals with the wisdom tradition, personified in Simon the High Priest, who is called "the Just" in the rabbinical tradition. As a genuine eyewitness Ben Sira offers proof of Simon's significance in the re-building of Jerusalem as climax of the Praise of the Fathers on Rosh Hashanah. His re-writing of Israel's history ends with a polemic against the legality of the Samaritan temple and direct allusion to the author's name. The volume examin