sirach

Load it up with the best quotes from the stoics, psalms, jesus sirach, the gospels, pauls letters and ecclesiastes and all the existing library.

> Sirach in the second century BC Interesting reference, good one!

But these things tend to be explained elsewhere and it ends up as trivia that doesn't matter much unless someone is insistent that a Real Christian [TM] must know whether the witch of Endor is from Samuel, Sirach or Star Wars...

This is missing the Deuterocanon – the additional books found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles but which most Protestant Bibles nowadays exclude – books such as those of Maccabees (both Catholic and Orthodox Bibles include 1 & 2; Orthodox Bibles add the 3rd book and occasionally even a 4th), Sirach (aka Ecclesiasticus), the Wisdom of Solomon, Tobit, Judith, Baruch.

If you enjoy that, while they are considered "deuterocanonical", you may also enjoy Sirach and Wisdom of Solomon.

Check out the Revised Standard Edition, and particularly the "newer" books of Maccabees, Esdras and Sirach.

Another phrase comes to mind is "Let us now praise famous men," which Wikipedia tells me is from a passage in the Wisdom of Sirach (2nd century B.

Tobit, Judith, Sirach) in their canons whereas Protestants exclude these.

Certainly -- you find Tobit, Judith, 1,2,3 Maccabees, Baruch, Wisdom of Sirach, and a couple others.

It's why we can find versions of "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" dating back to the book of Sirach in the second century BC (it was probably being said before then, that's just he first written record of a similar proverb).

While it's true the Law and the Prophets had solidified by the time of Jesus, there is no evidence that the Writings were closed, and every reason to indicate that they weren't (see Rabbi Akiba and his comments regarding Sirach, Esther, and the Gospels around 100 AD).

If you enjoy that, while they are considered "deuterocanonical", you may also enjoy Sirach and Wisdom of Solomon.

Check out the Revised Standard Edition, and particularly the "newer" books of Maccabees, Esdras and Sirach.

Another phrase comes to mind is "Let us now praise famous men," which Wikipedia tells me is from a passage in the Wisdom of Sirach (2nd century B.

It's why we can find versions of "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" dating back to the book of Sirach in the second century BC (it was probably being said before then, that's just he first written record of a similar proverb).

Tobit, Judith, Sirach) in their canons whereas Protestants exclude these.

Certainly -- you find Tobit, Judith, 1,2,3 Maccabees, Baruch, Wisdom of Sirach, and a couple others.

While it's true the Law and the Prophets had solidified by the time of Jesus, there is no evidence that the Writings were closed, and every reason to indicate that they weren't (see Rabbi Akiba and his comments regarding Sirach, Esther, and the Gospels around 100 AD).