Ben Sira, also known as Simeon ben Jeshua ben Eleazar ben Sirach, was a second-century BCE Hellenistic Jewish scribe and sage from Seleucid-controlled Jerusalem. He wrote the book of Ben Sira, also known as Ecclesiasticus, an apocryphal poetic book of guidance for living a wise, ethical, and God-fearing life.
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