ben sira

Noun
  1. An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect) (synset 106471965)
    is an instance of: book - a major division of a long written composition
    is a part of:
    • apocrypha - 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status
    • sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature - any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom
    same as: ecclesiasticus, sirach, wisdom of jesus the son of sirach

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