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• W235817228 abstract "Bell & Howell Information ansd Learning: Foreign text omitted. Scribal wisdom increases wisdom; whoever free from toil can become wise (Sir 38:24).1 With those laudatory remarks, Ben Sira begins pericope about the superlative aspects of the professional pursuit and dissemination of wisdom, that is, the scribal profession (Sir 38:24-39:11).2 To paint the picture more graphically, he first describes the lives of the artisans: The farmer does not have the luxury of acquiring wisdom because his objective to the fattening (of the cattle) and attention turned toward the fields (Sir 38:26).3 The engraver does not acquire wisdom because the exigencies of craft require that he labor night and day in order to make a realistic likeness (Sir 38:27). Similarly, the smith contends with the heat of the furnace, sears flesh, and deafens ears, so that he can complete the projects (Sir 38:28). Likewise, the potter toils endlessly at the wheel, employing both hands and feet, because he compelled to finish work (Sir 38:29). In short, Ben Sira affirms that the demands of an artisan's life stifle the possibilities for the acquisition of wisdom. He does acknowledge the value and necessity of such trades: All these skilled with their hands ... without them a city not habitable, and wherever they stay, they not hunger (Sir 38:31, 32).4 Nevertheless, he observes that artisans, in contrast to the scribes, are not sought for the council of the people, not prominent in the assembly, and they do not deliberate about judicial regulations or expound on discipline and justice (Sir 38:32, 33). The scribe, Ben Sira continues, seeks out the wisdom of all the ancients, is in the midst of the great, travels in the land of foreign peoples, and many praise understanding (Sir 39:1, 4, 9). Clearly, according to Ben Sira, the life of the scribe far superior to that of the artisans. I This pericope, with its extended comparison of the vocation of the scribe vis-a-vis that of the tradesmen, reflects a very distinctive motif, or topos, without precise parallels in (antecedent) Mesopotamian, Greco-Roman, or Hebrew traditions.5 However, biblical scholars consistently refer to the Egyptian composition known as the Satire of the Trades (hereafter Satire), often affirming Ben Sira's dependence on this Middle Kingdom composition (or one with virtually the same content). Thus, for example, Jack Sanders states that -the first and most obvious use of traditional Egyptian material by Ben Sira ... the Satire of Occupations. 6 The cogency of this conclusion not normally questioned.7 Reference to parallels in just a single Egyptian composition (namely, the Middle Kingdom Satire) is, however, problematic. For, although the Egyptian Satire an early, paradigmatic example of this literary topos, it by no means the only Egyptian example. Statements about the superiority of the scribal profession, accompanied by derogatory statements about artisans, quite common in ancient Egyptian literature, from various periods. Hence, it here argued that the Satire should be understood as being part of a rich literary tradition exemplified by, but not limited to, the Satire. This fact has not been sufficiently recognized by biblical scholars.8 In short, Ben Sira 38:24-39:11 may be dependent on the Satire; nevertheless, the presence of additional Egyptian exemplars with the same basic topos cautions against limiting reference and comparative discussion to a single Egyptian text (i.e., the Satire).9 Texts substantiating the breadth of the Egyptian tradition will now be considered. 10 The Egyptian texts sometimes brandished the power and prestige associated with the scribal profession. For example, the Satire inaugurates its paean to the scribe by noting the place of importance to which the scribe rapidly ascends: Barely grown, still a child, he greeted, sent on errands, hardly returned he wears a gown. …" @default.
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• W235817228 title "Ben Sira 38:24-39:11 and the Egyptian Satire of the Trades: A Reconsideration" @default.
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