Intertextual Studies In Ben Sira And Tobit: Essays In Honor Of Alexander A. Di Lella, O.f.m. (catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph)

Intertextual Studies in Ben Sira and Tobit EDITED BY Jeremy Corley and Vincent Skemp The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 38 The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 38 EDITORIAL BOARD Mark S. Smith, Chairperson Lawrence E. Boadt, C.S.P. Richard J. Clifford, S.J. John J. Collins Frederick W. Danker Robert A. Di Vito Daniel J. Harrington, S.J. Ralph W. Klein Léo Laberge, O.M.I. Bruce J. Malina Pheme Perkins Eugene C. Ulrich Ronald D. Witherup, S.S. Intertextual Studies in Ben Sira and Tobit Essays in Honor of Alexander A. Di Lella, O.F.M. EDITED BY Jeremy Corley and Vincent Skemp The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 38 © 2005 The Catholic Biblical Association of America, Washington, DC 20064 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the Catholic Biblical Association of America. Produced in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Intertextual studies in Ben Sira and Tobit : essays in honor of Alexander A. Di Lella, O.F.M. / edited by Jeremy Corley and Vincent Skemp. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (The Catholic Biblical quarterly. Monograph series. ; 38) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 0-915170-37-X 1. Bible. O.T. Apocrypha. Ecclesiasticus—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Bible. O.T. Apocrypha. Tobit—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 3. Intertextuality in the Bible. 4. Bible—Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Corley, Jeremy. II. Skemp, Vincent T. M. III. Di Lella, Alexander A. IV. Title. V. Series. BS1765.52.I67 2004 229'.2206—dc22 2004018378 Contents FOREWORD Francis T. Gignac, S.J. ix INTRODUCTION Jeremy Corley and Vincent Skemp, editors xiii PART ONE TOBIT AND THE BIBLICAL TRADITION 1 THE BOOK OF TOBIT: AN ANCESTRAL STORY Irene Nowell, O.S.B. 3 “EYES TO THE BLIND”: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TOBIT AND JOB Anathea Portier-Young 14 THE PSALMS AND THE BOOK OF TOBIT Stephen Ryan, O.P. 28 AVENUES OF INTERTEXTUALITY BETWEEN TOBIT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT Vincent Skemp 43 v vi · Contents THE MEDIEVAL HEBREW AND ARAMAIC TEXTS OF TOBIT Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Stuart D. E. Weeks 71 PART TWO BEN SIRA AND EARLIER BIBLICAL BOOKS 87 BEN SIRA, READER OF GENESIS 1-11 Maurice Gilbert, S.J. 89 THE INFLUENCE OF THE BOOK OF EXODUS ON BEN SIRA Friedrich V. Reiterer 100 IN SEARCH OF PARALLELS: BEN SIRA AND THE BOOK OF KINGS Pancratius C. Beentjes 118 BEN SIRA AND THE PROPHETS Leo G. Perdue 132 AN INTERTEXTUAL STUDY OF PROVERBS AND BEN SIRA Jeremy Corley 155 PART THREE PARTICULAR THEMES IN BEN SIRA AND OTHER TEXTS 183 MULTUM IN PARVO: BEN SIRA’S PORTRAYAL OF THE PATRIARCH JOSEPH C. T. Robert Hayward 185 Contents · vii EZRA, SCRIBE AND PRIEST, AND THE CONCERNS OF BEN SIRA Michael W. Duggan 201 “FAITH IN GOD” RATHER THAN “FEAR OF GOD” IN BEN SIRA AND JOB: A NECESSARY ADJUSTMENT IN TERMINOLOGY AND UNDERSTANDING Renate Egger-Wenzel 211 “COME, LET US BE WISE”: QOHELETH AND BEN SIRA TRUE WISDOM, WITH AN EAR TO PHARAOH’S FOLLY J. Edward Owens, O.SS.T. 227 ON BEN SIRA AND THE BOOK OF THE WATCHERS ON THE LEGITIMATE PRIESTHOOD Benjamin G. Wright III 241 AMID TRIALS: BEN SIRA 2:1 AND JAMES 1:2 Núria Calduch-Benages 255 SANCTUS MATTHAEUS, MAGISTER SAPIENTIAE, SUMMA CUM LAUDE James K. Aitken 264 ALEXANDER A. DI LELLA: BIBLIOGRAPHY 280 CONTRIBUTORS 291 INDEXES Ancient Sources, Authors, and Subjects 293 Foreword It is indeed a great privilege for me to contribute a Foreword to this Festschrift in honor of The Reverend Alexander A. Di Lella, O.F.M., on the occasion of his 75th birthday. It is my hope that highlighting his achievements in this heartfe