The Book of Lamentations: A Meditation and Translation
Distinguished poet and translator David R. Slavitt here provides a translation of and meditation upon the Book of Lamentations, the biblical account of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 587 B.C., on the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av--Tish'a b'Av. (Six centuries later the Romans destroyed the second Temple on the same day.) Most of the Jewish population was deported to Babylon, and the ensuing period came to be known as the Babylonian Captivity. According to tradition, the Book of Lamentations was written in response to this political, social, and religious crisis. The five poems composing the book express Israel's sorrow, br…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8018-6617-3
- EAN: 9780801866173
- Produktnummer: 1552920
- Verlag: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 104 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D0.9 cm 150 g
- Gewicht: 150
- Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.
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