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Things were looking pretty bleak, when my wife’s prewar acquaintance brought a ray of hope into our small room. If you too were an artist, you might be able to appreciate how impatiently my wife and I…

Contributor:

Ojzer Warszawski

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1943

Subjects:

Holocaust, Death, Family, Ethics, Morality

Categories:

Literature, Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography
Aramaic Proverbs: The Words of Ahiqar
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The Words of Ahiqar are the teachings that Ahiqar, the wise scribe who was chief counselor to the kings of Assyria, imparted to his nephew and adopted son Nadin.

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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

Fifth Century BCE

Subjects:

Wisdom, Monarchy, Politics, Family, Ethics

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Literature, Wisdom Literature