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The book of Lamentations : a meditation and translation /

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.""

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Slavitt, David R., 1935-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Hebrew
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on the Translation
  • Part I
  • Meditation
  • Part II
  • Lamentations
  • Bibliographical Note