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- Title: Ben Sira and the Giants of the Land: A Note on Ben Sira 16:7 (Essay)
- Author : Journal of Biblical Literature
- Release Date : January 22, 2010
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 197 KB
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In this short note I address the common claim that Sir 16:7 alludes to Gen 6:1-4. I argue that understanding the verse in this way is not unreasonable but that this position needs to be qualified. The primary reference of the line is not the flood story but archaic peoples of the land. Genesis 6 and early Jewish traditions that pertain to this chapter influence Ben Sira's description of archaic Canaanite rulers. Ben Sira, in an effort to assert the inevitability of God's punishment of sin, writes: "He did not forgive the ancient giants, who revolted in their might" (16:7 NSRV). (1) This translation reflects the Greek, which reads: