The Book of Lamentations : a meditation and translation / / David R. Slavitt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953534603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001
• ISBN: 0-8018-7690-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (103 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SlavittDavid R. <1935->
• Disciplina: 224/.305209
• Soggetti: Ninth of Av; Jews - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Translation -- Part I - Meditation -- Part II - Lamentations -- Bibliographical Note.
• Sommario/riassunto: More than a structural or mnemonic device, Slavitt argues, the acrostics are "a serious assertion that the language itself is speaking, that the speech is inspired, and that there is, beyond all the disaster and pain the book recounts, an intricacy and an orderly coherence.".