Ben Sira

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Ben Sira - an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)

Ecclesiasticus, Sirach, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach

Apocrypha - 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status

sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature - any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom

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Σοφία Ίησου Σειράχ Σοφία Σειράχ

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Yeshua ben Sira the wise writes in his book on wisdom: "he (the doctor), too, will pray to God for rest and health in life".