He is also of interest because he was the grandfather of Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira, the author of the Wisdom of Sirach and possibly the Alphabet of Sirach.
Shim`on ben Yeshu`a ben Sira is not to be confused with his grandfather, Ben Sira, but this article will refer to him simply as Ben Sira for convenience.
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M.Z. Segal, in his commentary on Ben Sira, concluded that the long form with Shim`on should be accepted as original and suggested that the common naming of the book "Ben Sira" is because so many people were named Shim`on at the end of the Second Temple that people often used the family name without "Shim`on."
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