volume 9, issue 2, 2017, pages 175-185

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsETOH4105
Published online: 2017-12-01
Published in print: 2017-12-30

Abstract: With this paper, we would like to enter the discussion of inspiration of the Sacred Scripture as it was perceived by the identifiable authors of the holy books. The implementation of the Book of Sirach into The Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture was a significant and beneficial step because of its content, despite the fact that neither Jews nor Protestants consider it inspired. Yet, it is an important witness of formation of the canon by both Jews and Christians. This paper comments on paragraphs twenty and eighty dedicated to the Book of Sirach and proposes additional possible aspects from the book that support the idea of inspiration of the Scripture and of its reader. While The Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture highlights the inspiration in the Book of Sirach based on Sirach’s personal study of the Scriptures and of the noteworthy personalities of national history, it also features his acquisition of experiences from elders and from travels abroad. Sirach was not only a scribe and teacher. He also paid attention in preparing his students for life; he prepared them not only at an intellectual and religious level but also at the practical one.