SEE the Prefaces of Cornelius à Lapide, and ours. Jul. Bartolocci, de libro Ecclesiastici, Bib. Rab. p. 879. t. 1. He is very particular here in discoursing on Ben- Sira the elder, whom he distinguishes from Ben-Sira his Grandson; and proves the necessity of his being the true Author of Ecclesiasticus, by many Places of this Book, the very Expressions whereof occur in the Works of Ben-Sira. He concludes his Dissertation with an Abridgment of what is most excellent in this Book.
Joan. Drusii Scholia in Proverbia Ben -Sira, in Crit. Sacr. Cornelii à Lapide, Alphabeta duo Ben-Sira, p. 80, 81. Pref. in Eccl. Christ. Cartwright, Mellificio Hebraic. v. 3. p. 3126 & seq. Vide & Joan Albert. Fabricii Bibl. Græc. tom. 2. l. 3. c. 29. 3. p. 730.
It may be proper likewise to consult Tufo’s Prolegomena and Introduction, wherein he examines several impotant Points: they may serve in the way of Illustrations.
Upon Youth and old Age, mentioned in ch. 7. ver. 1, 7. See Herman. Wits's Academical Exercitations, printed at Utrecht, 1714.