The article presents the results of the lexical and semantic analysis of the theme of freedom and liberation in the broad version of the Greek text (GII) of the Book of Sirach and considers the comparison with the Hebrew manuscripts of the text. After having explained the methodology and having situated the research in the context of contemporary theological researches regarding the theme in the OT, the article provides the results of the analysis of approximately thirty passages of the Book, containing the vocabulary directly or indirectly connected with the topic studied. The texts are grouped according to two perspectives adopted by the sage Ben Sira: the theological-sapiential perspective, where the subject of freedom and liberation is God or wisdom, and the anthropological perspective, in which a subject is a man (the master of wisdom or his disciple) and his action in interpersonal relationships and in the history. The third group of texts shows a close connection between the two perspectives. Finally, the article offers some guidelines for a dialogue with the culture of our time.
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