9780674293922 - The Making of the Bible: From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture, published by Harvard University
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9780674293922 - The Making of the Bible: From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture, published by Harvard University
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While it is true that Sirach and Baruch equate wisdom with Torah, there is no reason to believe that they also equate Greek philosophy with wisdom/Torah.The clearest evidence comes in the pithy formulations found in Sirach 24:23 and Baruch 4:1, where the Torah and wisdom are equated with each other...So tightly are these two traditions intertwined that anyone who engages with the Torah is essentially also dealing with Greek philosophy
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