If
Ecclesiasticus is somewhere in this, then the biblical has passed through the crucible of personal suffering to find very individual voice.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS THAT A LATIN TRANSLATION of
Ecclesiasticus is made from the Greek, and until the 20th century it's the only version known.
Fagiolo, Va preparazione al matrimonio: normativa canonica per una pastorale matrimoniale comunitaria, en Monitor
Ecclesiasticus 119 (1994) p.
The "Wisdom Writings" of the Hebrew Bible enshrined in the Vulgate Old Testament--principally Proverbs, Ecclesiastes,
Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom, and the Song of Songs--combine the dispensation of worldly wisdom in the form of proverbs and meditations with the telling of an allegorical love story between "Solomon," to whom these texts are traditionally ascribed, and the personified figure of Sophia or Sapientia.
Wise Lives: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Wisdom of Sirach" is an Orthodox look at Sirach, also known as
Ecclesiasticus, written only a couple centuries before the birth of Christ.
The main text is sprinkled with features like "Glad you asked" (frequently asked questions), "Crunching the numbers" (interesting statistics), and "Penny for your thoughts" (quotes about financial matters, taken from such diverse sources as
Ecclesiasticus, Emerson, and Epicurus).
Concentrating on the figure of Wisdom in Proverbs, the Song of Solomon, the deutero-canonical
Ecclesiasticus and the Wisdom of Solomon, and, as well, on the figure of Mary in Luke and of Ecclesia in the Pauline epistles, this study examines crucial texts in the writings of Donne, Lanyer, and Milton as each "portrays the feminine as a reflection of the divine, and woman .
1528 from a Paris workshop Valor
Ecclesiasticus (Church Valuation) - the survey of monastic wealth ordered by Henry VIII in 1535 as a prelude to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Illustrations from the Valor
Ecclesiasticus, a valuation of the Church of England and Wales which dates from 1535, show detailed pictures of Henry sur- rounded by his courtiers.
In fact, Agee's title references the symbolic importance of his father through his borrowing from
Ecclesiasticus, "Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.
The words of
Ecclesiasticus 38:3 come to mind--'The skill of the physician (surgeon) shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration'.
The canonicity of the book also called The Book of Sirach and
Ecclesiasticus, has been argued since it was written in the second century BCE.
