Numerical Sayings in the Literatures of the Ancient Near East, in the Bible, in the Book of Ben-Sira and in Rabbinic Literature

Ariel Ram Pasternak; Shamir Yona

doi:10.1163/15700704-12341305

Numerical Sayings in the Literatures of the Ancient Near East, in the Bible, in the Book of Ben-Sira and in Rabbinic Literature

Ariel Ram Pasternak, Shamir Yona

Department of Bible Studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East

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Abstract

This paper follows the use of numbers from the Bible and Ancient Near Eastern literature, through the book of Ben-Sira, and ultimately to the Rabbinic literature. We show that the Rabbis were familiar with the Biblical use of numbers as rhetorical devices and used numbers in the same ways that the Bible did.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	202-244
Number of pages	43
Journal	Review of Rabbinic Judaism
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/15700704-12341305
State	Published - 1 Jan 2016

Keywords

Ben Sira
Biblical Rhetoric
Numerical sayings
Rabbinic Literature

ASJC Scopus subject areas

History
Religious studies

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