Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" How shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither! Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my... Cultural Amnesia: America's Future and the Crisis of Memoryde Stephen Bertman - 2000 - 176 páginasPrévia não disponível - Sobre este livro
| Alan F. Segal - 1986 - 230 páginas
...saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!...you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! Psalm 137:1-6 Despite the warnings of the prophets, the nation of Israel drifted toward ruin. The literary... | |
| Jacob Neusner - 1987 - 224 páginas
...ornaments, but leaves out some small thing, as a memorial to Jerusalem,' B. "since it is said, 'If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!...you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!' (Ps. 137:5-6)." T. Sot. 15:14 A. "And whoever mourns for her in this world will rejoice with her in... | |
| Philip J. Lee - 1993 - 368 páginas
...— the only acceptable answer was to remember the holy community, its heritage in Jerusalem: If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!...remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!101 Life in the present, with its defects, imprisonments and humiliations can be borne only by... | |
| James R. Beck - 1999 - 284 páginas
...I will sing and make melody to the LORD" (Ps 27:6). Ancient worshipers sang "Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy" (Ps 137:6). Joy is massively present In the New Testament As the church spread throughout the Mediterranean... | |
| 1987 - 268 páginas
...a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither! 6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy! Lesson 2 — ' Ephesians 2:4-10 Salvation in Christ is declared to be the gift of God. 4 But God, who... | |
| Thomas D. McGonigle, Thomas C. McGonigle, James F. Quigley - 1988 - 228 páginas
...saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" How shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!...you. if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy )Ps 137:1-6). The Exile and After The Exile After 721 BCE the Jewish people were those who lived in... | |
| Erhard Gerstenberger - 2001 - 572 páginas
...expression of this sort we have in 542 Ps l37:5-6, in a twofold variant, chiastically juxtaposed: "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither! Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you." Similarly Ps 7:4-6 (RSV 3-5). The deadly... | |
| John E. Hartley - 1988 - 620 páginas
...his arm be broken at the elbow if he has harmed an orphan (vv. 21-22) occurs in Ps. 137:5-6: "If I forget you. O Jerusalem, let my right hand [wither). Let my tongue stick to my palate, if I do not remember you" (cf. Ps. 7:4-7 [Eng. 3-6]). 3. See J. Murtagh. "The Book... | |
| Lawrence H. Schiffman - 1998 - 812 páginas
...I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its cunning; let my tongue cleave to my palate if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.' (Ps. 137:5)." 15 All who mourn over Jerusalem will merit to see her joy, as it is said, "Rejoice with... | |
| Lainie Blum Cogan, Judy Weiss - 2002 - 662 páginas
...pictures of Jerusalem. On the top of your silhouette, write the immortal words from Psalm 137:5: "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither; let my tongue stick to my palate if I cease to think of you, if I do not keep Jerusalem in memory even at my happiest... | |
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