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EntityQ3092598· pop 17· linked from 65 articles

Also known as Joshua ben Sirach, Jesus Ben Sira, Shim`on ben Yeshu`a ben Sira, Sirach

2nd-century BC Jewish scribe, author of Sirach

Person · Open Library

Born
1925
Works
27

Top works

  • Metsuḳot ishiyot ṿe-hitnahagut beriʾutit
  • Hergele ʻishun sigaryot
  • ʻAmaot ṿa-yedaʻ bi-teḥum ha-tezunah
  • ʻAmadot ṿe-yedaʻ bi-teḥum ha-tezunah
  • ʻIshun

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
2000-07-19

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using <b>lme4</b>

    · 2015 · cited 75,910x

  2. Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

    · 2012 · cited 53,980x

  3. HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements

    · 2015 · cited 22,029x

  4. Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome

    · 2009 · cited 19,934x

  5. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,786x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

  • Come to me, all you that need instruction, and learn in my school.| Why do you admit that you are ignorant and do nothing about it? | Here is what I say: It costs nothing to be wise.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Seleucid Empire
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
Hebrew
Notable work
Sirach
Image
Fugger Ehrenbuch 001.jpg
Residence
Jerusalem
Show 6 more facts
writing language
Hebrew
date of death
0150-00-00
floruit
0190-00-00
different from
Sirach
date of birth
0300-00-00
Sources (1)

via Wikidata · CC0

Works in European collections

13 objects attributed to Ben Sira, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana