"While I was still young, before I went on my travels,"
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Ben Sira
Ben Sira, also called Ben Sirach, Jesus ben Sira, Joshua ben Sira, or Sirach was a Hellenistic Jewish scribe, sage, and allegorist from Seleucid-controlled Jerusalem of the Second Temple period. He is the author of the Book of Sirach, also known as "Ecclesiasticus".
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