Sirach - ספר בן סירא

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Canonical Versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Ethiopic Wisdom of Sirach
- in Ge'ez		መጽሐፈ ፡ ጥበበ ፡ ሲራክ ።
ዐይን: Augustus Dillman
Likely typical "early" mss.:
EAP 704/1/5 (early 15th c.); EMML 1768 (late 15th c.) [p: 304];
EMIP 1029 (15th-16th c.) [p: 29]; EMML 7584 (16th c.) [p: 269];
d'Abbadie 55 (16th c.)
Likely typical "standardized" mss.:
Gunda Gunde 106 (1682-1706) [p: 397]; Unesco 10-12 (18th c.) [p: 171]
Likely typical "modern" ms.:
IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 416v]
Beta Israel ms. :
Faitlovitch 2 (15th c.) [p: 72]
Potential "outlier" mss.:
D'Abbadie 35 (17th c.); EMIP 1074 (17th c.) [p: 144];
EMML 1842 (1662/3) [p: 307]; EMML 3439 (18th c.) [p: 46]

Septuagint Wisdom of Sirach
- in Koine Greek
See also: the Prologue to Sirach found in the Septuagint		Σοφία Σειράχ:
Rahlfs' edition
πηγή: nocr;
Swete's edition.
See also: guide to which verses are interpolations from the later "Greek II" recension. 		Codex Vaticanus
(p. 833)

Vulgate Ecclesiasticus (Siracides)
- in Latin
See also: the Prologue to Sirach found in the Vulgate and
the Prayer of Solomon appended to Ecclesiasticus in the Vulgate		 ecclesiasticus
fons: vulgate.org
(the Vulgate represents a "Vetus Latina" (Old Latin) text)
Critical edition of the Vetus Latina text:part 1; part 2 		Codex Gigas

Deuterocanonical versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Peshitta Wisdom of ben Sira
- in Syriac Aramaic		ܚܟܡܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܣܝܪܐ
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה		Codex Ambrosianus

Non-canonical versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Book of ben Sira
(extensive fragments)
- in Hebrew		 ספר בן סירא
the extant Hebrew text, alongside [reconstructions of the missing portions]
מקור: דוד כהנא 		All Hebrew ben Sira manuscripts (with transcriptions),
index of passages in the manuscripts

Early Palestinian Christian versions of Sirach
- in "Syriac" Aramaic		 general fragments
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה


Appended Biblical Texts in the Vulgate and Septuagint Canons:

Prologue to Sirach - Σοφία Σειράχ Πρόλογος

Canonical Versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Septuagint Prologue to Sirach
- in Koine Greek		Σοφία Σειράχ Πρόλογος:
Rahlfs' edition;
Swete's edition;
apostolic edition (plaintext). 		Codex Vaticanus
(p: 832);

Vat. gr. 346 (not digitised)
contains an alternative prologue text (also not transcribed or translated)

Vulgate Prologue to Ecclesiasticus
- in Latin		 prologus in librum ecclesiasticum
fons: vulgate.org
(the Vulgate represents a "Vetus Latina" (Old Latin) text.)
Critical edition of the Vetus Latina text. 		Codex Gigas

Latin Prayer of Solomon - ORATIO SALOMONIS REGIS

Canonical Versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Vulgate Prayer of Solomon
- in Latin
A paraphrase of I Kings 8:22-30, appended to Ecclesiasticus		oratio salomonis regis
fons: vulgate.org
(the Vulgate here is similar to a "Vetus Latina" (Old Latin) text.) 		Codex Gigas

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