Printed citations and biblical parallels

Meaning

A printed biblical citation and an editor’s proposed parallel are different kinds of evidence. The lexicon preserves the supplied historical references when explaining the author’s argument; it does not silently substitute a familiar modern verse number or wording. Where the apparatus identifies a different likely parallel, that identification is reported as commentary unless separately checked.

Ecclesiasticus, also called Sirach, must be distinguished from Ecclesiastes. Note n81 also explains why the printed good-name reference and the usual modern numbering do not coincide. Such cases should not be flattened into a claim that every historical reference has been independently verified. Citation words and quotations have local rhetorical roles even when their bibliographical mapping remains qualified.