DOCUMENT · WISDOM

Sirach & the Cairo Genizah

Cairo · Egyptc. 190 BCEContext: Douay–Rheims

Fragments of Ben Sira (Sirach / Ecclesiasticus) recovered from the Cairo Genizah confirm the book’s Hebrew origin. Catholic tradition counts it among the deuterocanonical wisdom books.

Source citation: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-OR-01102/1