Wise Lives: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Wisdom of Sirach (Biblia.com)

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Reardon states that although it is found in every major extant Christian manuscript of the Old Testament, the later exclusion of the Wisdom of Sirach from the Protestant canon has made it one of the little-known gems of Holy Scripture. Composed in Hebrew and translated into Greek in the 2nd century before Christ, it is among the last books of the Old Testament. Sirach represents the more...

as a creature that is poured out on other creatures (v. 9). Wisdom in this book is always created wisdom, not the consubstantial Wisdom of the New Testament and the Christian faith. As wise, says Sirach, God is greatly to be feared (sophos, phoberos sphodra, v. 8), so the fear of God is man’s first step towards wisdom (v. 14). Ironically, however, the fear of the Lord is also the source of man’s pleasure and joy (vv. 11–13). In this chapter’s second part (vv. 9–18), Sirach speaks of the advantages

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