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
| Robert Louis Jackson - 2004 - 273 páginas
...Babylon . . ." This is the psalm's second half: How can we sing a song of the Lord on alien soil? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither; let my tongue stick to my plate if I cease to think of you, if I do not keep Jerusalem in memory even at my happiest... | |
| Jacob Neusner - 2005 - 492 páginas
...out some small One Hundred, eighteen. Mourning Now, Rejoicing Later. 329 B. "since it is said, 'If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!...remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!'(Ps. 137:5-6)." 15:15 A. And whoever mourns for her in this world will rejoice with her in the... | |
| Ellen Schiff, Michael Posnick - 2005 - 596 páginas
...speaks the text he raises his right hand in a gesture from Benjamin III, palm facing forward:) "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither...to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you . . ." I37th Psalm. My character never speaks those words on stage, it's here. (Holding up his palm)... | |
| Ann Kristin Haldors Fontaine - 2005 - 456 páginas
...alien soil? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. 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. Remember the day of Jerusalem, O LORD, against the people of Edom, who said, "Down with it! down with... | |
| Stephen J. Binz - 2005 - 150 páginas
...a foreign land? ' If 1 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, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy. -Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem 's fall, how they said, "Tear it down!... | |
| Geoff Wood - 2007 - 172 páginas
...we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem .... Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem [that universal city of absolute mercy and mutual love] above my highest joy. ' ' FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT... | |
| Marc Shell - 2005 - 362 páginas
...saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" How shall we sing the Lords 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. After the Babylonian exile due to Nevukhadnetsar (Nebuchadnezzar), most of the Israeli... | |
| John Eaton - 2004 - 202 páginas
...land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its pouters. 'May my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not e^ali Jerusalem above my highest joy. 'Remember, Lord, against the people of Idem the day of Jerusalem,... | |
| Robert J. Burton - 2005 - 346 páginas
...foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy." A popular modern Irish tenor sings portions of this Psalm, and... | |
| Morris Dickstein - 2007 - 304 páginas
...("How can we sing a song of the Lord / on alien soil"), then continues with a pledge of faith ("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"), and finally concludes with a bloody curse on Israel's... | |
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