Wisdom of Sirach

Peter Phillips p.m.phillips at champness.shef.ac.uk
Wed Jul 1 07:20:13 EDT 1998


In Sirach 1:10 does META PASHS SARKOS mean "among all living things" or 
"upon all living things".  The latter is given in the NRSV translation but 
seems to go beyond the normal meanings of META.  I have another translation 
printed by S. Bagston & Sons which suggests a period after ERGA AUTOU and 
then "She is with all flesh".  I don't think this is justifiable.  Does the 
phrase imply Wisdom among the people rather than in/upon the people?  This 
seems to fit Prov 8/John 1/Philo et al. a little better than "upon"?

Pete Phillips,
NT Tutor,
Cliff College, Sheffield, UK



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