In Ben Sira’s "laus patrum" the mention of Josiah (49:1-3) is a short hagiographic hymn. Only the Hebrew text of Cairo Geniza MSS lets understand the real difficulties in putting into practice his reform; instead the LXX and the Vulgate describe Josiah as a pious re-organizer of orthodoxy. Also Syriac and Arabic Versions emphasize the positive valuation of his action, doing of this a work wanted and directed by YHWH. So, an ideological re-reading revised Josiah’s work, that appears only through the Hebrew of Geniza MSS.
Toloni, G., La riforma di Giosia nell’ottica di Ben Sira. Ideologia e storia in Sir 49,2a, <<RIVISTA BIBLICA>>, 1999; 47 (3): 257-276 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/34763]
La riforma di Giosia nell’ottica di Ben Sira. Ideologia e storia in Sir 49,2a
Toloni, Giancarlo
1999
Abstract
In Ben Sira’s "laus patrum" the mention of Josiah (49:1-3) is a short hagiographic hymn. Only the Hebrew text of Cairo Geniza MSS lets understand the real difficulties in putting into practice his reform; instead the LXX and the Vulgate describe Josiah as a pious re-organizer of orthodoxy. Also Syriac and Arabic Versions emphasize the positive valuation of his action, doing of this a work wanted and directed by YHWH. So, an ideological re-reading revised Josiah’s work, that appears only through the Hebrew of Geniza MSS.
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