David as the Cult Organizer in the Praise of the Ancestors (Sir 47:8–10)
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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2017.013Keywords
Book of Sirach, Praise of the Ancestors, Books of Chronicles, David, cult, liturgical musicAbstract
The Praise of the Ancestors (Sir 44–49) includes the presentation of the history of biblical Israel as an exemplification of God’s working in history. The sage presents the most important and positive heroes of this history according to his own criteria. David, described in Sir 47:1–11, is one of the most important Old Testament heroes. His activity as a king is presented by Sirach first of all as that of an initiator of Jerusalem cult (Sir 47:8–10). The sage employed the “cultic” image of David, present in Chronicles 1. The image of David is also integrated with the idea of history and covenant characteristic of the Praise of the Ancestors. David becomes a forerunner of the high priest Simon, who was, in the times of Sirach, a sole sign of the covenant as well as the mediator between God and his people.
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