How Long to Read Ben Sira and the Men who Handle Books

How Long Does it Take to Read Ben Sira and the Men who Handle Books?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 36 minutes to read Ben Sira and the Men who Handle Books by Claudia V. Camp

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

What have women to do with the rise of canon-consciousness in early Judaism? Quite a lot, Claudia Camp argues, if the book written by the early second-century BCE scribe, Ben Sira, is any indication. One of the few true misogynists in the biblical tradition, Ben Sira is beset with gender anxiety, fear that his women will sully his honor, their shame causing his name to fail from the eternal memory of his people. Yet the same Ben Sira appropriates the idealized figure of cosmic Woman Wisdom from Proverbs, and identifies her with 'the book of the covenant of the most high God, the law that Moses commanded us'. This, then, is Ben Sira's dilemma: a woman (Wisdom) can admit him to eternity but his own women can keep him out. It is Camp's thesis that these conflicted perceptions of gender are fundamental to Ben Sira's appropriation and production of authoritative religious literature.

How long is Ben Sira and the Men who Handle Books?

Ben Sira and the Men who Handle Books by Claudia V. Camp is 209 pages long, and a total of 54,131 words.

This makes it 71% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ben Sira and the Men who Handle Books Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 55 minutes to read Ben Sira and the Men who Handle Books aloud.

What Reading Level is Ben Sira and the Men who Handle Books?

Ben Sira and the Men who Handle Books is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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