Let Us Now Praise Famous (and Unfamous) Men: The Wisdom of Sirach

Posted on October 25, 2023
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This is the third part of Dr. Noll’s series, โ€œReading and Enjoying the Apocrypha.โ€ โ€œLet us now praise famous menโ€ is the best-known phrase from the entire Apocrypha. In the 20th century, it was used as the title of a photo narrative of poverty in Appalachia by James Agee and Walker Evans and a patriotic…