id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 12579s17s81 Bradley Charles Gregory 'Like an Everlasting Signet Ring': Generosity in the Book of Sirach 2010 .txt text/plain 352 15 51 Through an exegesis of Sir 14:3-19 it is argued that, unlike other Hellenistic works, Ben Sira integrates the topic of generosity into the motif of carpe diem. Ben Sira displays an innovative approach to surety. cache/12579s17s81.txt txt/12579s17s81.txt